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should fat people pay more taxes?

because they stress out the healthcare system and increase costs for everyone. smokers and alcohol drinkers pay heavy taxes when they buy tobacco and alcoholic drinks and have aggravated insurances. so should fat people pay extra taxes?
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CougarLisa · 36-40, F
Fat people have higher insurance rates too. But, yes, they should pay more because they are more likely to require medical care as they age.
dpoet · 36-40, M
@CougarLisa in most countries they don't. In fact in most countries there's no such thing as insurance because there's free and universal healthcare for all as a basic human right
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@dpoet Hahaha... you think it's "free"... I bet you're 75 pounds overweight, aren't you? You've done nothing with your life, have you?

The only people who believe these things are "free" are people who have achieved nothing in life!
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@dpoet you don't ask questions for different opinions. You're looking to convince people of how your nearsighted views are better! You want to hear your opinions mirrored in other people's words.
dpoet · 36-40, M
@CougarLisa I'm not overweight at all. I'm not from your country with the highest obesity rate in the world. it is free. and it is universal. that's a fact not an opinion or an argument. you keep attacking people when you have nothing to say. I've achieved quite a lot fortunately. I don't live of my dead husband money like you.
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@dpoet sure fatso...
@CougarLisa I used to be thin, but then I developed heart issues after an infection, then two bouts of blood clots in my lungs that permanently sidelined me, I am on assisted oxygen 24/7, I used to power walk 50 miles a week and power cycle 100 miles a week, I used to do 15 minute miles in foot, two minute miles with my 10 speed, now four blocks takes me ten minutes. I'm not sick because I'm fat, I'm fat because I'm sick, terminally ill set off by an infection in late 2000.
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@NativePortlander1970 that's certainly not your own doing! Its people who put no effort into their own well being I don't believe my taxes should be funding.
dpoet · 36-40, M
@CougarLisa where funding should come from?
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@dpoet I'm sorry, your grammar is confusing. I don't understand the question.