If no one in the USA were fat...
Originally Posted by Shinigami,Apr 30 2008, 01:49 PM
I heard another thing on the radio a few weeks back where fat people may actually end up costing less for the society.
How so you may ask? Well, they die quicker, so you don't have to hand out a lot of cash for retirement and other 'treatments' which arrive with old age, and which apparently may well be more costly then treatments one needs when young and fat.
Food for thought...
How so you may ask? Well, they die quicker, so you don't have to hand out a lot of cash for retirement and other 'treatments' which arrive with old age, and which apparently may well be more costly then treatments one needs when young and fat.
Food for thought...
With our fabulous level of healthcare, we can keep a 400lb, chain smoking person alive well into their 60s.
I don't buy the fat people cost less bs.
Originally Posted by Will,Apr 30 2008, 04:46 PM
Somebody explain this to me... the thyroid excuse... the thyroid (or lack thereof) does not manufacture body mass. Body mass comes from shoving crap in your mouth. That has always just sounded like such a BS story to me.
He put on about 20 extra lbs, but now that he's on the meds he lost it quickly. He also gave up the vampire lifestyle and is awake when the sun is up.
Originally Posted by S2020,Apr 30 2008, 12:58 PM
OK... what if no one in the US were in prison... or no one was on welfare.. why blame fat people.
Originally Posted by got_torque?,May 1 2008, 07:31 AM

dice clay.... 'gotta butter her hips to get 'er trew the front door'
Everything is debatable....Its actually people who live longer who cost more...
besides cost, which while I do care about, it matters to me more that these people's quality of life are in the crapper.
If everybody were healthy, I'd be out of a job.
besides cost, which while I do care about, it matters to me more that these people's quality of life are in the crapper.
If everybody were healthy, I'd be out of a job.






