quote:Originally posted by ArtVandelay:quote:Originally posted by crash davis:quote:Originally posted by PowerGen81:
I am a tax paying citizen and I don't want to be funding cancer treatments through medicare for people that like to lay in tanning beds when they know it causes cancer, so I say tax the CRAP out of it, tax the CRAP out of cigarettes and just about any other unhealthy option people want to pursue too. Its not fair for my health premiums and taxes to go up because someone wants a deeper darker complexion so I think it is my decision.
Be careful there hoss. Do you eat junk food? Sweets? Red meat? If you do, just wait. They'll be in YOUR pocket next because they deem those foods to be health hazards and they'll be taxing the CRAP outta you.Don't just look at today without looking at what that may cause tomorrow.
Junk food should be taxed. Junk food is a luxury food that also happens to contribute to all of the wonderful health problems us overfed Americans are now accustomed to. If you want to feed your overweight kid a snickers bar that he in no way NEEDS, well then darn it, you should have to think twice about that decision in the form of a financial penalty.
People who fake tan, smoke, drink, don't excercise, and then stuff their face with high fructose corn syrup and processed foods are going to have more health problems then those of us who do not. Additionally, they are likely not going to be as productive of a citizen. These people end up mooching off society in the end, and they drive up the price of MY group insurance rates.
Ya Vul, Adolph! I mean Art...