The government here in the USA has been hard at work taxing the crap out of smokers and reducing the legal areas where smokers can smoke. There is basically no more smoking in a restaurant in Houston for instance. Many work places no longer allow smoking at all etc etc.
I think I'm like most when it comes to quitting smoking in that I gained some weight. I'm lucky. It wasn't too much weight and I'm sorta young and healthy enough to lose the extra weight. I have to worry about the others though. The ones who have fought their weight since their youth. If the government can tax the crap out of cigarettes what is stopping them from doing the same with food? You know it is coming right?
People were mad about people like me (smokers) causing their insurance to go up. Now that I don't smoke, do I get to be mad at fat people when my insurance starts to go up because of them? Will it be fair when your favorite candy-bar, ice-cream, potato chips, breakfast cereal, hamburger and tacos all triple in price over a couple of years?
I'm just putting out the question. I feel bad for the ones who get harassed to stop smoking and do it but then gain weight just to "now" get harassed about being overweight. What comes next after taxing the crap out of folks for being overweight? They'll go after drinkers next! Yep. The end of the world is near! LOL.
I think I'm like most when it comes to quitting smoking in that I gained some weight. I'm lucky. It wasn't too much weight and I'm sorta young and healthy enough to lose the extra weight. I have to worry about the others though. The ones who have fought their weight since their youth. If the government can tax the crap out of cigarettes what is stopping them from doing the same with food? You know it is coming right?
People were mad about people like me (smokers) causing their insurance to go up. Now that I don't smoke, do I get to be mad at fat people when my insurance starts to go up because of them? Will it be fair when your favorite candy-bar, ice-cream, potato chips, breakfast cereal, hamburger and tacos all triple in price over a couple of years?
I'm just putting out the question. I feel bad for the ones who get harassed to stop smoking and do it but then gain weight just to "now" get harassed about being overweight. What comes next after taxing the crap out of folks for being overweight? They'll go after drinkers next! Yep. The end of the world is near! LOL.