Kasz216 on 19 May 2012
| Mr Khan said: I judiciously wonder what percent of the morbidly obese are in the bracket that already pays zero in income taxes, however. It would be a regressive tax of poor taste, though i do believe that something should be done |
The average montly income of a morbidly obese person I believe is $2,500 a month or so. Which is like...
There is also the race differential if your going to worry about something like that. I just read an interesting article about obesity and African American women. 4 out of 5 black women are seriously overweight.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/opinion/sunday/why-black-women-are-fat.html?_r=1
Controversial, but the statistics are there.
