11-28-2006, 04:38 AM
I would venture to say that "fat" hurts this country more economically than "drugs" in that massive fatsos dramatically increase healthcare costs for everyone else.
Druggies normally just kill themselves or rot their lives away.
While fat fucks like Gooch will eat deepfried twinkies with mayonnaise for 30 years and then have their health insurance company pay $100k to staple his stomach.
I was doing a consulting project last year about the healthcare system and how forms of consumer-directed plans (HSAs et al) could affect the economics of the healthcare system. The statistics I saw was that of the $1.7B in annual healthcare costs in this country, approximately 50% are weight/diet related (either direct obesity, hypertension, diabetes, other ailments which increase in likelihood as weight increases) - meaning if everyone ate right and excercised, healthcare would cost half as much.
And if drugs were legal, there would be less violent crimes from druggies because the addicts a) wouldn't have to interact with violent people to get their drugs b) the drugs would be less expensive and so they wouldn't need to steal as much to raise money c) they would be safer, thus curbing some violent reactions d) cops would become more available to actually go after actual criminals.
Druggies normally just kill themselves or rot their lives away.
While fat fucks like Gooch will eat deepfried twinkies with mayonnaise for 30 years and then have their health insurance company pay $100k to staple his stomach.
I was doing a consulting project last year about the healthcare system and how forms of consumer-directed plans (HSAs et al) could affect the economics of the healthcare system. The statistics I saw was that of the $1.7B in annual healthcare costs in this country, approximately 50% are weight/diet related (either direct obesity, hypertension, diabetes, other ailments which increase in likelihood as weight increases) - meaning if everyone ate right and excercised, healthcare would cost half as much.
And if drugs were legal, there would be less violent crimes from druggies because the addicts a) wouldn't have to interact with violent people to get their drugs b) the drugs would be less expensive and so they wouldn't need to steal as much to raise money c) they would be safer, thus curbing some violent reactions d) cops would become more available to actually go after actual criminals.