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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:18 PM Original message |
World's first food fat tax imposed in Denmark |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. I can see how that would be a bit of a clusterF |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. "FOOD POLICE!" --Burger-eating Teabagger n/t |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fat isn't the problem, it is the ungodly amount of sugar we are putting in everything. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Recent science says you're absolutely right. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Wander around your local State Fair... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Exactly! nt |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm afraid that would inspire me.... |
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Jemmons (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I can appreciate that - but you might want to consider |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why not just tax fat people directly? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 04:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. BMI Makes No Distinction Between Fat and Muscle |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Simply adding waist measurement DOES discriminate between Morbid Obesity and Morbid Muscularity |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. We need a cetain amount of fat |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Right. We need fat to metabolize our food. nt |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Strange for Denmark |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Did you know Denmark had Republicans? |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. was thinking on the lines of your last paragraph myself. & butter is one of their major exports. |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. So the rest suffer with the tax |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Cheese and Butter runs to Germany will now be the norm... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
17. Fat is not why most people are fat |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. Idiotic, it's not the fat, it's the sugar! The "low fat" shit is worse for you than the plain stuff. |
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