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A "fat tax" proposal to pay for a New York obesity prevention program is facing stiff opposition in Westchester.
The one percent tax hike proposed by Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Brooklyn) would apply to junk food, video games and television commercials, which Ortiz blames for New York's growing obesity problem. Ortiz did not rule out tax increases on other things that he believed contribute to obesity.
The tax proposal is hard to swallow for many Westchester residents. Many feel they shouldn't have to pay extra for an occasional snack to support programs for the obese.
Dr. Dominick Artuso of the Community Hospital in Dobbs Ferry says physical inactivity, like playing video games does contribute to obesity. But he says there are other factors as well. Artuso says an obesity prevention program would be a good idea but a "fat tax" isn't the way to do it.
Chances of the proposal passing look slim after a spokesman for Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said he would not support the tax.
LORD-eX-Bu
06-13-03, 02:21 AM
damn fat people, get off your damn asses and go exercise:mad:
vampireuk
06-13-03, 02:54 AM
No!:p :D
LORD-eX-Bu
06-13-03, 02:58 AM
LMAO, they can always hibernate and when they wake up a few seasons later they should be pretty small:p
Originally posted by [eNv]-LORD-eX-Bu
damn fat people, get off your damn asses and go exercise:mad:
Their response would be "I am big boned" or "I retain lots of water" or "Yeah, I wish I had YOUR metabolism".
Thats what annoys me about overweight people, they don't do anything about it, they just make excuses.
Its like a guy from work said last week, look at the holocaust, you didn't see any fat survivors coming out of Auschwitz saying "oh, im big boned, I have a low metabolism". They were all thin. Proof (extreme proof, i'll grant you), that anyone will loose weight if they simply eat less food and don't sit on their asses all day.
Originally posted by vampireuk
No!:p :D
FIGHT THE POWER!
Why get up when you got the internet? ;)
1stFlight
06-13-03, 12:54 PM
Oh great, just what we need ]ANOTHER TAX!!! [/b]
There's a <sarcasm>great</sarcasm> solution to the nations wieght problem.
Are they going to offer a credit on diet foods then??
Of all the silliest things I've hever heard...
Originally posted by 1stFlight
Oh great, just what we need ]ANOTHER TAX!!!
There's a <sarcasm>great</sarcasm> solution to the nations wieght problem.
Are they going to offer a credit on diet foods then??
Of all the silliest things I've hever heard... [/B]
But if we don't tax it then how can we fund your precious universal health care *cough* socialist *cough* system? :D
1stFlight
06-13-03, 01:51 PM
Hey bud, wrong thread ...
Originally posted by UDawg71
But if we don't tax it then how can we fund your precious universal health care *cough* socialist *cough* system? :D
madthumbs
06-13-03, 01:55 PM
Originally posted by DaveW
Their response would be "I am big boned" or "I retain lots of water" or "Yeah, I wish I had YOUR metabolism".
Thats what annoys me about overweight people, they don't do anything about it, they just make excuses.
Its like a guy from work said last week, look at the holocaust, you didn't see any fat survivors coming out of Auschwitz saying "oh, im big boned, I have a low metabolism". They were all thin. Proof (extreme proof, i'll grant you), that anyone will loose weight if they simply eat less food and don't sit on their asses all day.
My excuse is that I'm lazy when I'm not at work.. but why do other people care? It's my body... it doesn't impose on anyone, and I know I can lose it when I want to. I don't however believe in dieting. Smoking on the other hand imposes on others, the excuses are lamer, and people have a right to be bothered by them.
Originally posted by 1stFlight
Hey bud, wrong thread ...
What I can only crap in one thread at a time? :confused:
:D :p
madthumbs
06-13-03, 03:17 PM
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13327
:(
1stFlight
06-13-03, 03:41 PM
Hey consider it a diet :)
Originally posted by UDawg71
What I can only crap in one thread at a time? :confused:
:D :p
LOL! so you do have a sense of humor. :D
LORD-eX-Bu
06-13-03, 04:32 PM
Originally posted by madthumbs
My excuse is that I'm lazy when I'm not at work.. but why do other people care? It's my body... it doesn't impose on anyone, and I know I can lose it when I want to. I don't however believe in dieting. Smoking on the other hand imposes on others, the excuses are lamer, and people have a right to be bothered by them.
If I have to start paying to support your lifestyle or help you lose weight or whatever through taxes or any other way that isn't voluntary your fat body is imposing on me and everyone else who doesn't think this is right;)
The moment I have to start paying to help out some fat slob "lose weight" is the moment I will break through that fat slob's front door with a meat cleaver and help him cut out the excess fat:firedevil
intercede007
06-13-03, 04:47 PM
I think we should tax the illiterate to fund schools too. More books should solve the problem.
I think we should also tax young mothers and fathers to fund sex education classes. We all know how well sex ed. works!!
I think we should tax old people to support history classes. They created the stuff! They should pay for it!!!
AARRGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!1
GIVE ME A F********* BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :fu:
Originally posted by [eNv]-LORD-eX-Bu
If I have to start paying to support your lifestyle or help you lose weight or whatever through taxes or any other way that isn't voluntary your fat body is imposing on me and everyone else who doesn't think this is right;)
The moment I have to start paying to help out some fat slob "lose weight" is the moment I will break through that fat slob's front door with a meat cleaver and help him cut out the excess fat:firedevil
I see you are making friends again ehh. :p
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