Thursday, January 24, 2008

Govermnet Pays Citizens To Lose Weight

Is there anything the govermnet WILL NOT do to protect their citizens? The Nanny State is awesome.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would have no problem with this if the government also compensated those of us who have and maintain a healthy weight. I doubt that would happen though.

Anonymous said...

There's lots of things they won't do to protect us; for instance, they'll never jeopardize their political careers by ending corn and sugar subsidies, which is what would actually decrease obesity in this country.

Honestly the idea that we live in a nanny state, when the government is so clearly controlled on all substantive levels by special-interest groups who rarely have teh average citizen's best interests in mind, is almost laughable. Don't even talk about living in a nanny state until we have universal healthcare.

Diatribe said...

I will talk about living in a Nanny State all day long. Universal Health Care will just be another example.

Diatribe said...

You were saying something about not being in a Nanny State
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/17/eveningnews/main3725571.shtml