How much extra fuel does a car need to haul a 230 lb person vs. a 170 lb person? Should America adopt weight standards, and then charge you an extra tax if you exceed your weight limit? We could use the extra revenue to fight Global Warming.
2007-03-22 07:39:03 · 9 answers · asked by Matt 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
We should charge three taxes:
1) BEACH TAX. If you are fat, and insist on removing your shirt at the beach, you are causing visual pollution, and should be heavily taxed. (ha, ha .... double entendre)
2) FASHION TAX. Fat people should pay a tax for taking good clothes, and stuffing themselves into them like a sausage into a casing. (and why do I always have to sit next to them on airplanes?)
3) INTERNATIONAL IMAGE TAX. I am so tired of going overseas, and be regaled with stories, from Bangkok to Slovakia, about how fat Americans are. Americans already have the image of being stupid, but fat and stupid is really too much to endure. Fat people: stay home. We don't want to see you in Paris, Prague, or anywhere else. If you must travel, wear a Canadian t-shirt. thank you.
2007-03-22 07:49:30 · answer #1 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think the fuel costs for cars are balanced out by the energy saved in reduced heating bills. Overweight people have more insulation, so they don't need as much heat in the winter.
2007-03-22 15:07:13 · answer #2 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Sure, as long as I can get an offset for the weight of every Chicken Little neck I ring.
2007-03-22 14:44:15 · answer #3 · answered by Michael E 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the definition of obesity is "conserving too much energy" :D And, I'd rather enforce a B.O. tax on the grossly obese. Face it, have you ever been around someone who weighed 400lbs and smelled great? Not me.
2007-03-22 15:24:09 · answer #4 · answered by vabeachgirl324 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
we would save A LOT of energy. America is the country with the most over-weight individuals.
2007-03-22 14:43:12 · answer #5 · answered by leigh 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
how about taxing all the ppl who are idiots and breathe our air, taxing for not having a college degree, tax for being too skinny, or too ugly.............the car needs no extra fuel to haul, and love the way you used the word, fat ppl..............tax the stinky ppl who sit next to you on an airplane? that is the last thing america needs to worry with........global warming my a**, the earth and its atmospheres are changing just as they have always done, only now we have loud mouthed ppl saying that this generation will save the earth.............b/s we are all responsible.......not just the overweight..how bout the big businesses who burn up the roads delivering goods, or trying to get business..........man, get a life and think of better ways to solve Mother Nature's problems then blaming them on fat ppl.........is your mom fat, i bet your partner is nasty fat............................................oh, excuse me, "overweight".......obese is the word everyone is overweight
2007-03-22 15:11:10 · answer #6 · answered by alex grant 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes. We in the US worship 16 year old models who weigh 89lbs and look like they are 10.
2007-03-22 14:42:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Move to china, thinking like yours is whats screwing up this country. tax this and tax that, and live up to standards, what standards, yours.
2007-03-22 14:48:50 · answer #8 · answered by silver lining 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Just what we need another stupid tax.
2007-03-22 15:06:03 · answer #9 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋