While I somewhat agree with your sentiment, and I'm not a big fan of the fact that these obese people are weighing down (no pun intended) our health care system, there really isn't a good solution that I can think of that doesn't limit these fat people's ability to make decisions about what they eat and how physically active they are day to day. I'd rather have a bunch of fatties making terrible health decisions and causing more stress on our healthcare system than having some Government representative telling people what they can or cannot do in the name of protecting them and keeping them healthy...
While I disagree with you, I disagree with the amount of down-voting you're receiving even more.
It's unfortunate that reasonably stated views that disagree with the basic frequency of the given echo chamber are so discouraged.
If these are not enough?
Many of the BBC who do you think you are series have terrible stories of peoples ancestors in workhouses.
Um, welfare, disability, social security, medicare, ... and all of the other "health and human services" related governmental programs are literally our entire country coming together as a community, to "provide for them".
God, you're so close. /r/selfawarewolves is calling you.
Why should they? Demand elasticity is empirically very low for minimum wage workers. Lowering minimum wage a small amount does not create jobs, just as raising it a small amount does not eliminate them.
See: the inverted funnel plot of Doucouliagos and Stanley
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/02/18/business/economy/...
https://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/lweab/Doucougliagos%20&%20Stan...