tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post169347485088031739..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The poverty fetishists of public healthChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-89328019722485980382013-02-26T14:38:56.039+00:002013-02-26T14:38:56.039+00:00Why don't these interfering busybodies go the ...Why don't these interfering busybodies go the whole hog then? Advocate making tobacco and alcoholic drinks illegal and introduce food rationing? They are power crazy enough to suggest it. Bastards!Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-59754647465075863122013-02-26T14:33:28.026+00:002013-02-26T14:33:28.026+00:00Rationing worked too but I think it's a bit dr...Rationing worked too but I think it's a bit drastic to implement a communist dictatorship or another world war just to reduce obesity.<br /><br />I suppose to some, the end justifies the means, whatever that means might be!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-43336419363094679232013-02-26T11:24:09.366+00:002013-02-26T11:24:09.366+00:00That's the ultimate objective, but you have to...That's the ultimate objective, but you have to get there in small steps.<br /><br />This whole article underlines the fundamental anti-prosperity agenda of much of the desire to control lifestyles.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-32033536736382883132013-02-26T11:10:33.429+00:002013-02-26T11:10:33.429+00:00"If you want to stem rising obesity levels, s..."If you want to stem rising obesity levels, sugary drinks should be taxed like cigarettes. So urges the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, which is calling for pilots of taxes that hike prices by 20 per cent."<br /><br />Huh? Since when are cigarettes taxed at 20%? Isn't it more like 200% So should sugary drinks be taxed at 200% then?<br /><br />- MJMMichael J. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181949578184965482noreply@blogger.com