Fat Tax

Stop! Don’t eat that cup cake, candy bar or slice of pie. It’s coming. The fat tax. Say What?  There has been much discussion about obesity in this country. Now the government is trying to determine who should take action to stop it. Obviously the citizens are not doing a good job.

Every year, billions of dollars are spent on health care for obesity related health problems. That’s reason enough for government intervention. However, as in past health matters, people just don’t want to stop whatever it is they are doing. So, what is the solution? Taxes!! Cigarettes and booze are taxed - cigarettes at a shameful level. Have people stopped smoking and drinking? No.

It’s really okay if people don’t stop whatever government doesn’t want them to do so long as they pay the tax. If fat people want to be fat, then they have to pay!

That brings up questions - how do you determine who is over weight; at what rate should the tax be; how do you tell the tax has been paid and a host of other unknowns?

I have some suggestions. First, we need an official looking weight chart. You know, the kind with height and weight. It doesn’t have to consider any factors except what some Nanny wants to think is acceptable.

Next, we will need a tax rate. How about a dollar per pound as determined by the Nanny approved chart. So, if a person is fifty pounds overweight, a $50.00 tax would be assessed. That doesn’t seem like too much, but that would have to be per month or even per week. Now we are talking tax revenue!

Of course, we will have to have proof that the tax has been paid. Perhaps, a sticker that is issued at your local government funded tax office. The sticker could be good for thirty days, then you have to be weighed again - just in case you gained some more weight. You, the shameful person, would have to wear the sticker in a conspicuous place - like on your forehead or your behind. That way, everyone would know you had paid your fair share.

If this all sounds ridiculous, absolutely absurd and just down right stupid, then you better start losing some weight. Who knows what the official chart will say about you.

I sure hope they don’t implement an ugly tax. It could wipe me out.

PMO
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