Fat Tax

Radiantsoul

Lets face it not only are fat people a strain on overburdened infrastructure(taking up space on NHS and causing old pavements and bridges to crack under the strain of their obese bodies) they are also an absolute horror to look at.

The solution is to start taxing people based on their BMI. This is better than the bewildering array of taxes that we currently have to pay and is better and simpler than taxing the food that makes people fat as this would be complex to measure. All that would be required is a once a year levy to live in this country with the amount based on a sliding scale how far they deviate from the ideal BMI.

Loughton_Monkey

Radiantsoul wrote: »

.....The solution is to start taxing people based on their BMI. ....

What do you mean? A sort of 'Corporation' Tax?

PasturesNew

Not a fan of pies then.

arbroath_lass

But us fatties don't live as long. So that's lots of savings on pensions.

Radiantsoul

PasturesNew wrote: »

Not a fan of pies then.

Depends on the pie!

Radiantsoul

arbroath_lass wrote: »

But us fatties don't live as long. So that's lots of savings on pensions.

I don't really pie it. The whole idea that fat people die young seems like a media myth.

chewmylegoff

Radiantsoul wrote: »

Lets face it not only are fat people a strain on overburdened infrastructure(taking up space on NHS and causing old pavements and bridges to crack under the strain of their obese bodies) they are also an absolute horror to look at.

The solution is to start taxing people based on their BMI. This is better than the bewildering array of taxes that we currently have to pay and is better and simpler than taxing the food that makes people fat as this would be complex to measure. All that would be required is a once a year levy to live in this country with the amount based on a sliding scale how far they deviate from the ideal BMI.

most horribly fat people don't have jobs, and therefore have no ability to pay tax.

PasturesNew

Tax food based on its lard and sugar content.

Radiantsoul

chewmylegoff wrote: »

most horribly fat people don't have jobs, and therefore have no ability to pay tax.

Then they would have to be sold into slavery, be made into dog food or exiled.

The_White_Horse

i think women should pay more tax. they just hang around moaning about doing there jobs (cooking, cleaning etc). i think they should be forced to pay all their salaries in tax or just be the chattel of their man. If they pay all their salary in tax, they can still have their "career" but at no harm to society, in fact, it will help with all the extra tax we could get in.

afterall, all these high house prices i am forced to pay is down to them and their stupid desire to work and have a career!! who the hell wants to work when they don't have to??? get back in the kitchen where you belong and stop increasing house prices!

women, know your place.

Radiantsoul

PasturesNew wrote: »

Tax food based on its lard and sugar content.

Some people can handle their lard and sugar though. Why should they be penalised.