On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:06:06 -0500, DSK wrote:

Gilligan wrote:
Large numbers of Fatties can only exist because of excessive government
regulation and socialism. Most of those fatties are on group health
insurance or government run health programs. The health risks of these
behemoths are pooled with non fatties. If the government would end medicare,
medicaid and undo the tax benefits of non qualifying group health insurance
programs and make the fatties pay for true risks and consequences of their
own health problems they would see the skinny real fast.

I doubt it. They would just whine louder. After all, they
truly don't believe it's their own fault.


We don't need to
raise taxes on fast food or regulate what people eat. We simply must do less
and let individuals do more for themselves.


How about letting individuals be less subjected to food
advertisements 24/7? How about lowering the tariff
protection on sugar, so it's a bit less profitable to push
the stuff into everything?



The American health care system is not the problem, for it is the best in
the history of the world. It is American health that is the problem which is
the result of lifestyle choices and the removal of responsibility.


It's also the result of the profit motive: large
corporations are making lots of money convincing Americans
to eat more, thus becoming larger corporally.

With all due respect, please elaborate on this. They advertise their
offerings, healthy or not, but, how do they convince Americans to eat
more? I believe the current thinking is that overeating is an
emotional response to something wrong or lacking in an individua'ls
life. And we all at one time or another probably qualify. Corporate
America responsible for that? Possibly, if they've convinced us that
our lives are empty without their product(s). It requires some
individual responsibility and discipline to avoid succumbing to that
folly.

Be back later, have to run, weather's right. Planning 6.3 today. Run
30-36 miles per week. A much better solution than more regulation. I
can, as you might expect, eat anything and don't gain any weight.
But, I naturally choose to avoid those things that are not good, or
more aptly, provide no room for them by choosing those that are good.
(Scotty, Spam doesn't qualify) I don't need the Government to tell me
what they are. After all, they gave you fifty years of fake butter
with trans fats as a better choice than the real thing. And had eggs
on the taboo list for many years.

Frank

DSK