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Feb 04, 2008 17:23

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THIS is absolutely horrible.. I don't even know where to begin. Just when I though being fat in this country couldn't make you even lower.. they do stupid things like this.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/02/bill-would-make.html

It won't pass. It violates too many rights. But, this just goes to point out that the people in this country ( Read more... )

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nozomi_chan February 5 2008, 01:06:14 UTC
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That leaves me speechless. It really does. I mean...they're going to STARVE the overweight people? Even if all overweight people were that way because they eat too much, it's not the government's job to step in and say "you eat too much, so we're going to make sure you don't." That's just...absolutely absurd.

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aislynn_yume February 5 2008, 13:11:12 UTC
I know! I can't believe people would even consider this. There concerns is.. fat people bring down the quality of medicare and medicaid. Don't get me started on what's wrong with an overabused system of health care. I'm fat.. I don't use medicare. It's utterly ridiculous. Who is the government to police my eating habits?

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nozomi_chan February 5 2008, 15:21:47 UTC
I don't think the government should have any say in people's lifestyle choices. I'd be just as pissed if they tried to tell me "brunettes suck, you have to dye your hair blond".

I admit, I know nothing about Medicare or Medicaid. But I'm sure there are other ways to improve them. Change the program itself, not the people who use it.

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