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Re:As obesity keeps rising, more Americans are just giving up by lacampbell on Thursday March 09, 2017 @12:27AM (#13827206)
But clearly the "it's stimple, just fix it" approach isn't effective at improving the overall health of a population.

I honestly don't care at all about the overall health of the population. I really don't. Not that I wish them any ill-will, but I can't even begin to muster up the slightest bit of care for people I don't know ruining their lives because they eat too much or smoke. It's just not even on my radar.

I realise I'm not supposed to admit this, but I also realise I'm not the only one who thinks it.

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Re:As obesity keeps rising, more Americans are just giving up by prostoalex on Thursday March 09, 2017 @12:52AM (#13827300)
You pay for their healthcare through your taxes. Every pothole on the road, unbuilt subway station and uneducated youth is a result of more tax money being redirected to the healthcare system in order to treat some smoker's lung cancer or some sweet tooth's diabetes.
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Re:As obesity keeps rising, more Americans are just giving up by lacampbell on Thursday March 09, 2017 @01:45AM (#13827533)
Yeah but my response to that is less "let's fix society!" and more "stop taxing me so much". It's the government that puts me in that situation, not people.
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