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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]This guy wrote a good song for many people who like it and live in his world. And yes, there are fat people on welfare of all races - so I agree that[b] if you are morbidly obese maybe welfare is working too well for many using it[/b].[/quote] The bolded reflects so many levels of misunderstanding that it must have taken significant effort to achieve it. [/quote] The bold reflects what? You are on welfare. Maybe you are one in 10.000 (or more) with a genetic condition or rare disease to make you obese. Most are not suffering from said rare condition. You are on welfare. Your are not starving, you are obese. Why are my tax dollars paying for you to over eat and not exercise, maybe have a job/maybe not and maintain a moderately healthy BMI? Explain that to me - why should I pay for people who do not work or make enough to feed themselves or family to be fat; and then I pay for their subsequent health issues related to their obesity? Kind seems like a waste of my money.[/quote] There in an entire industry devoted to enticing everyone to eat unhealthy food. Poor people, just like wealthier people, are constantly exposed to that marketing. But, unlike wealthier people, they have fewer alternatives and their government benefits actually incentivize unhealthy food. The poor often live in food deserts and getting to a store that has healthy food may be a challenge. Because fresh foods often spoil quickly, they are generally not the sort of thing you can get if you need your grocery shopping to last for a while. Moreover, SNAP subsidizes exactly the low cost, low nutrition foods that contribute to obesity. So, even if the poor can get access to healthy foods, they probably can't afford them and are incentivized to purchase less healthy options. If you don't want to pay for fat people to eat, you will have to pay more so that those people can afford healthier foods. You will probably also have to pay more to increase access to healthy foods. But, I really can't imagine how those of you concerned about fudge rounds would react to a poor person using SNAP or EBT to buy organic fruits and vegetables. I suspect that you actually expect them to eat trash. [/quote] We disagree on a lot, but +1[/quote]
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