tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post2091135114836420937..comments2024-03-27T03:58:43.402-04:00Comments on <center>CasesBlog - Medical and Health Blog</center>: 18% tax on pizza and soda can decrease U.S. adults' weight by 5 pounds (2 kg) per yearUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-9006697300018964842010-07-17T11:16:55.839-04:002010-07-17T11:16:55.839-04:00that's a cynical view. let's do nothing th...that's a cynical view. let's do nothing then... it does not work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-90236027659387304912010-07-17T09:19:52.390-04:002010-07-17T09:19:52.390-04:00Governments like ours that are broke will look at ...Governments like ours that are broke will look at lots of ways to generate revenue. The cigarette taxes were to support education in OH, but drove so many to quit that the state had to expand gambling to make more money. So now we have passed laws to allow casinos to be started to get more tax money to support education. Casinos are not causing cancer or heart disease and not fattening, however, so many would call the gambling expansion a victory.<br />We pay too many taxes already. In the land of the free, people should be free to choose what they eat, what they smoke and what they do with their free time. Then, no matter which habits they pursue for their health, they all die. 100% death rates in the thin and the fat and the perfect body shapes.A. Patrick Jonas, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935504320560038973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-18411567999759003252010-06-16T21:29:04.003-04:002010-06-16T21:29:04.003-04:00Good point.
But how about the model of most Euro...Good point. <br /><br />But how about the model of most European countries? More government and social support (health care, pensions, etc.) may be the answer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-80988005445799593522010-06-16T19:40:12.186-04:002010-06-16T19:40:12.186-04:00I can't stand it. Government, get out of our w...I can't stand it. Government, get out of our way. Let us live, make mistakes, and learn from them. Why do you think we're here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com