Comment How far? (Score 0) 978
What about taxing politicians for anxiety and mental issues as they tend to cause them (via attack ads, talks, false information, revocation or imposing of various laws, wars, etc...), i.e. perhaps even as far as heart attacks and of course PTSD, as their bills squabble over ever piece of minutiae that they have a personal issue with... What about bad drivers? The clergy down the street that rile up citizenry depending on your religion or lack of? What about people that hold a fireworks show; should they cover a "scare" charge for children? Politicians that are dismissive and get rid of collective bargaining, cancel school funds, close liquor stores, live in a "Governor Mansion" and claim they're struggling, or start wars that they never need fight themselves? What about politicians that steal, arguably, money that could be used for the workforce, but are instead used for lobbying fees?
How far should this be taken? If there is one profession that deserves a "medical" tax it's politicians and anyone that has any dealings with them whether that be clergy or lobbyists. They constantly hold society hostage to their causes and yet this is considered fine. If the Wisconsin or Bush era dealings taught us anything is that they are petty and laws like what they suggest here are exactly that, petty. They enact more harm that a Big Mac ever could.
They are responsible for a fair share of hurt and pain both mentally and physically and I'm hard pressed to find a reason to tax fatty rather than them. As they have created the majority of our mess. Why not find ways to help first and punish later? If politicians contributed money from their lobbying endeavors (hahahaha) I'm willing to bet that Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security might be standing on firmer ground.
Fat people equalize themselves as they will die due to issues related to their weight at an earlier age; to me it seems tax payer wise to be equal. This is just another divisive issue to bring up that goes nowhere, but makes people think that something useful has been done and gets that politician re-elected by being in the limelight (in fact it does almost nothing other than make sure fat people die without insurance or support). If you grow old and healthy you'll use a lot yourself even though you're healthy, but eventually you will get sick and die making many of these costs equalize. You use a lot unless you die in your sleep or have a heart attack without any help (or die of anything where help is not available). But, if this happens when you're 100 then you use a fair amount no matter what.
There will be exceptions, but these "point the finger" and "blame games" are simplistic war drum machinations... (I didn't look for grammar, a little too tired; so overlook any spelling, word misuse, issues...)
How far should this be taken? If there is one profession that deserves a "medical" tax it's politicians and anyone that has any dealings with them whether that be clergy or lobbyists. They constantly hold society hostage to their causes and yet this is considered fine. If the Wisconsin or Bush era dealings taught us anything is that they are petty and laws like what they suggest here are exactly that, petty. They enact more harm that a Big Mac ever could.
They are responsible for a fair share of hurt and pain both mentally and physically and I'm hard pressed to find a reason to tax fatty rather than them. As they have created the majority of our mess. Why not find ways to help first and punish later? If politicians contributed money from their lobbying endeavors (hahahaha) I'm willing to bet that Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security might be standing on firmer ground.
Fat people equalize themselves as they will die due to issues related to their weight at an earlier age; to me it seems tax payer wise to be equal. This is just another divisive issue to bring up that goes nowhere, but makes people think that something useful has been done and gets that politician re-elected by being in the limelight (in fact it does almost nothing other than make sure fat people die without insurance or support). If you grow old and healthy you'll use a lot yourself even though you're healthy, but eventually you will get sick and die making many of these costs equalize. You use a lot unless you die in your sleep or have a heart attack without any help (or die of anything where help is not available). But, if this happens when you're 100 then you use a fair amount no matter what.
There will be exceptions, but these "point the finger" and "blame games" are simplistic war drum machinations... (I didn't look for grammar, a little too tired; so overlook any spelling, word misuse, issues...)