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Posted: 10/3/2011 11:38:09 AM EDT

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Your lies do not work here. We all know that there are two types of people in Europe. On the right you have the communists, and on the left you have the motherfucking goddamned communist bastards. That's it.

<waves hands="">

These are not the socialists you are looking for.

</waves>

I'm watching you DK. Don't you dare come near our water supply with your communist fluoride!

Worse yet, they'll force feed you Haribo...

Posted: 10/3/2011 11:39:46 AM EDT

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Your lies do not work here. We all know that there are two types of people in Europe. On the right you have the communists, and on the left you have the motherfucking goddamned communist bastards. That's it.

<waves hands="">

These are not the socialists you are looking for.

</waves>

I'm watching you DK. Don't you dare come near our water supply with your communist fluoride!

Worse yet, they'll force feed you Haribo...

Or delicious pickled herring and blood sausage!!

Posted: 10/3/2011 11:40:15 AM EDT

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I misread the title and thought it said FLAT TAX!

Posted: 10/3/2011 11:41:09 AM EDT

[#4]

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I misread the title and thought it said FLAT TAX!

If that had been the case, I'd already be on the phone with my travel agent to book a ski trip to hell.

Posted: 10/3/2011 11:41:40 AM EDT

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Your lies do not work here. We all know that there are two types of people in Europe. On the right you have the communists, and on the left you have the motherfucking goddamned communist bastards. That's it.

<waves hands="">

These are not the socialists you are looking for.

</waves>

I'm watching you DK. Don't you dare come near our water supply with your communist fluoride!

I've already stolen one of your women (... and defiled others before I met her)

That's it DK. You've force me to do this.

Posted: 10/3/2011 11:43:12 AM EDT

[#6]

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Your lies do not work here. We all know that there are two types of people in Europe. On the right you have the communists, and on the left you have the motherfucking goddamned communist bastards. That's it.

<waves hands="">

These are not the socialists you are looking for.

</waves>

I'm watching you DK. Don't you dare come near our water supply with your communist fluoride!

I've already stolen one of your women (... and defiled others before I met her)

That's it DK. You've force me to do this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqb6nkOMZ4

Hah - the Swedes stole our flag design, but decided to do it in clown colors instead.

Posted: 10/3/2011 11:46:22 AM EDT

[#7]

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Your lies do not work here. We all know that there are two types of people in Europe. On the right you have the communists, and on the left you have the motherfucking goddamned communist bastards. That's it.

<waves hands="">

These are not the socialists you are looking for.

</waves>

I'm watching you DK. Don't you dare come near our water supply with your communist fluoride!

I've already stolen one of your women (... and defiled others before I met her)

That's it DK. You've force me to do this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqb6nkOMZ4

Hah - the Swedes stole our flag design, but decided to do it in clown colors instead.

Posted: 10/3/2011 11:48:40 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

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Your lies do not work here. We all know that there are two types of people in Europe. On the right you have the communists, and on the left you have the motherfucking goddamned communist bastards. That's it.

<waves hands="">

These are not the socialists you are looking for.

</waves>

I'm watching you DK. Don't you dare come near our water supply with your communist fluoride!

I've already stolen one of your women (... and defiled others before I met her)

That's it DK. You've force me to do this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqb6nkOMZ4

Hah - the Swedes stole our flag design, but decided to do it in clown colors instead.

http://satwcomic.com/art/Cross-Trend.jpg

Although by all accounts, the Raven Banner that the Danes used before we adopted the current flag was also pretty bad-ass.

Posted: 10/3/2011 12:23:04 PM EDT

[#9]

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I misread the title and thought it said FLAT TAX!

I wondered if that would get anybody

Posted: 10/3/2011 12:50:35 PM EDT

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I misread the title and thought it said FLAT TAX!

I wondered if that would get anybody

In terms of the original topic - before we veered off course - WHY NOT JUST TAX FAT PEOPLE MORE?

Add like 2% to the income tax if people weigh more than a certain amount.

After all, the fat people are more likely to put a strain on the health system, put more strain on the public transportation system, etc. So instead of taxing at best a somewhat distal "cause" of fatness and poor health, why not just tax the outcome directly.

So, for instance:
If they weigh more than some threshold amount (controlled for height), then add 2%
If they smoke, add 1%
If they smoke more than a pack a day, add another 1%
If they can run a 5K in less than 30 minutes, subtract 1%
If they can bench their own weight, subtract 1%
If they consume more than 1 lb of fruit/vegetables a day, subtract 1% (also incentivises them to spend more on fruits/vegs)

Etc.

If they are truly interested in HEALTH, then they should directly incentivise that in the tax code, instead of dicking around with indirect and tenuous causes.

Posted: 10/3/2011 12:54:07 PM EDT

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How about we get rid of Medicare/Medicaid. We stop subsidizing shit food, and we make people responsible for their own health.

As it is, the cheapest food you can buy is loaded with salt and sugar, both of which make it taste good, so that's what most people tend to prefer. If you eat too much and you're too fat to work, or you never worked to begin with, no big deal, you just get on Medicaid and food stamps and you're somebody else's problem. Fix the root problems that cause it in the first place, don't go after people once the damage is done.

Posted: 10/3/2011 1:10:40 PM EDT

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Saturated fats do not make disgusting fatbodies.

Laziness, sloth, and stupidity do.

Posted: 10/3/2011 1:15:51 PM EDT

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Saturated fats do not make disgusting fatbodies.

Laziness, sloth, and stupidity do.

no, its a "glandular" thing in amerika....not the 14,000 calories you shove in yuor disgusting pie hole...

Posted: 10/3/2011 4:07:08 PM EDT

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If they are truly interested in HEALTH, then they should directly incentivise that in the tax code, instead of dicking around with indirect and tenuous causes.

I cooked Clam Chowder tonight. Bacon. Heavy cream. I'm in bad shape. Screw you, Denmark!

Posted: 10/3/2011 4:17:53 PM EDT

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I misread the title and thought it said FLAT TAX!

If that had been the case, I'd already be on the phone with my travel agent to book a ski trip to hell.

Yeah, I literally said said "WTF? I NEED TO CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!"

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