Tax the Fat?

[aeonf242]

It's a programme on More 4 now, Tuesday 9.00pm.

It's reasonably interested if not a bit fatest......

Some of the attitudes are amazing.......but then again you'd get the same from drunks, yobs, smokers and Speedees...

Some quotes

"It's my within my human rights to be fat"
"I'm 45 stone but I'm a human, of course it's right I have a purpose built house built for me at the tax payers expense"
"There is no driect link between eating too much and being fat"
"You can't tax food because I can't survive without food"

Discuss...without any fat jokes (please)

[FatalSaviour]

Awww without jokes? I've got nothing to say

[noah]

It's reasonably interested if not a bit fatest......

lol

i think that should've been fattist!

[aeonf242]

lol

i think that should've been fattist!

Is this a Jimmy Carr vs Jim Davidson ref , lol
Lord help me but a Daily Hate Mail Article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1774

Oh and :

there are 900 fat people in the UK that can't leave their homes, they cost £8m+ per year in benefits

[pr0p4g4nd4]

how about fatchist?

[arthurleung]

Can't imagine how can they get to 45 stones.
I hadn't been gaining mass for years, now right on 7 stones (not too healthy though)

[aeonf242]

Can't imagine how can they get to 45 stones.

He'd been 65 stone...so Mmmmm...lots of Diet Cokes...

[AD-15]

I think it's disgusting that these people can't be bothered looking after themselves. I just don't understand how the hell they could let themselves get to such a stage, where they need help (using taxpayers money) to do every day ordinary things.

[ajbrun]

I don't think there should be a food tax, but a weight tax for people boarding planes would be good. People weigh luggage for transportation, and since the people are going to be transported too, the heavier the person is, the more fuel it would take to transport them, so I don't see why lighter people shouldn't pay less than heavier people.

[htid]

If you have a problem like im sure quite a few fat people have, then fair enough..some people have genetic problems, i saw a programme about it once. But if they are just fat because they are lazy and eat too much, its completely fair

[directhex]

i'm sorry i missed this. Giles Coren is a great personality

[grizzla]

now right on 7 stones (not too healthy though)

That is skinny as fook, my sister is thin, about 5'7" and 9 stone, guess u are either young or extremely unhealthy. I was ill with tonsilitis last march, cos i physically couldnt eat or drink for a week i lost a stone went down to about 11.5 stone, gained it back after couple of days tho.

Anyway as for the *fatties*they should take advice from phil daniels in parklife;

Whos that gut lord marching? you should cut down on your porklife, mate, get some exercise!

No one has the right to make themselves ill and then make everyone else pay for it, i have seen documentaries on people who have an ilness whereby their body never thinks it has eaten enough. However most of the fat bastards out there just eat crap. If im paying for crap to be eaten its gonna be me eating it not some tax dodging fat boy who is too lazy to get some exercise and get a job. Also the crap they eat actually costs more than a healthy alternative, i know cos when i go to the market to get fresh fruit, veg and meat it costs far less than the processed crap from supermarkets.

[Clunk]

That is skinny as fook, my sister is thin, about 5'7" and 9 stone, guess u are either young or extremely unhealthy. I was ill with tonsilitis last march, cos i physically couldnt eat or drink for a week i lost a stone went down to about 11.5 stone, gained it back after couple of days tho.

Anyway as for the *fatties*they should take advice from phil daniels in parklife;



No one has the right to make themselves ill and then make everyone else pay for it, i have seen documentaries on people who have an ilness whereby their body never thinks it has eaten enough. However most of the fat bastards out there just eat crap. If im paying for crap to be eaten its gonna be me eating it not some tax dodging fat boy who is too lazy to get some exercise and get a job. Also the crap they eat actually costs more than a healthy alternative, i know cos when i go to the market to get fresh fruit, veg and meat it costs far less than the processed crap from supermarkets.

ever considered a career in the NHS?

[shiato storm]

tax the fat and over weight?
as well as the stupidly thin?

yup.

[pp05]

No I don't think taxing fat should come into it just yet. After that they will probably tax breathing too.

What about a treadmill connected via USB2 to PC and 30mins running gets your 2 hours free broadband. Faster you run the faster your download speeds.

[Howard]

but a weight tax for people boarding planes would be good.

LOL!