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VAMatt on 06 July 2017

The tax is ridiculous, as are all taxes. Its nothing more than theft.



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VAMatt on 06 July 2017
Mr Puggsly said:

If people simply ate more nutritious stuff and kept it under 2000 calories a day, that would be a great start. I don't expect people to have a perfect diet.

Most people do not need to stay under 2000 calories per day.  Most people just need to burn more calories.  Ideally, the "average" person would probably consume about 2700 calories, and burn several hundred more than they do right now.  

If you sit on your ass all day, there is no amount of calorie cutting that will make you healthy.  



The_Yoda on 06 July 2017
palou said:
The_Yoda said:

You establish precedent with such things as the tobacco tax flouted as money that "would be used for healthcare" (  in reality - see: new revenue stream)

To spend money you need revenue. That's not a problem. If you were, let's say, in Canada, a third of any revenue IS spent on healthcare thereafter (along with education, environnement, culture and social security.) In the United States, you choose to spend the money to keep an army capable of invading several countries simultaneously. But that's not an inherent issue of taxation, but rather an issue with the american people - who accept, or even encourage such expenditure.

"an issue with the American people - who accept, or even encourage such expenditure." I will not argue with that.  We the People should be running these life long politicians that lie in our faces every election cycle right out of office, unfortunately we rarely have good options and it is often a choice between the lesser of two evils.



Mr Puggsly on 07 July 2017
VAMatt said:
Mr Puggsly said:

If people simply ate more nutritious stuff and kept it under 2000 calories a day, that would be a great start. I don't expect people to have a perfect diet.

Most people do not need to stay under 2000 calories per day.  Most people just need to burn more calories.  Ideally, the "average" person would probably consume about 2700 calories, and burn several hundred more than they do right now.  

If you sit on your ass all day, there is no amount of calorie cutting that will make you healthy.  

Let me put it this way, fat people shouldn't eat 2700 calories.

I personally can't eat that much, I would get fat even with my active lifestyle with excercise.



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