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Well, you nailed that one about the overweight part...Just tonight on the
national news they're touting a program in Texas to not only grade kids on their schoolwork but to grade them on their weight. One mother from Arkansas, where they already do this (her kid was 12 and 100 lbs overweight) said she was glad for it and wished it had been done sooner so she would have been aware of the problem...For God's sake, did she never look at her child and see a problem???? Problem with the smoking thing is that people will buy into it. It's pure economics and really has nothing to do with smoking. Health insurance companies are offering smoke-free packages to corporations that will comply at great discounts. With the cost of health insurance skyrocketing and double-digit increases every year, companies will go for this. "Lonny Bruce" wrote in message news:wGQJd.21$u45.10@trnddc08... Neal was wrong, once again, when he brought attention to the wacky way smokers are being treated in Michigan in the Thread "Getting Tough on Cigeratte Smokers". This is directly due to the fact that Michigan has a liberal democrat woman governer, who was not even born in the USA. Here is another result of the liberal attitudes here in Michigan: http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/...7362399290.xml Just to be clear, I am not a smoker, and I don't condone smoking in any way, however we seem to be going down this slippery slope when it comes to smokers. I see them as simply a convenient target as a group of peeps not fit for hiring. Who is next, people that are 20 pounds overweight? Why not? The same arguements can be made that peeps that are overweight take too much time off, and add to the overall cost of health care, therefore no one should hire them. Then who will be next, peeps who are genetically disposed to certain diseases? Yes, it would take genetic profiling, but why not? I mean the same arguements could be made that no one should hire women who's mother has contracted breast cancer, for instance, as there is a risk that they may contract it too, causing an employers health insurance claims to go up. It is a dangerous, slippery slope. And brought to you by the liberal political party who claims to be for the little guy, the most vulnerable in society. And apparently improperly supported by Captain Neal. Lonny Bruce -- Enjoy my new sailing web site http://sail247.com |
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