Mike Bloomberg (paraphrasing): “Tax poor people more regressively to manipulate their lifestyle choices so that they live longer.” Hoo boy.
He’s right. We need a different healthcare system in this country and if taxpayers are paying for the poors healthcare they shouldn’t be allowed to guzzle soda and smoke like a chimney tax free.
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But cancer patients put less stress on public healthcare as they avoid the later years of healthcare, which are by far the most costly.
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Varies by disease and prognosis. What about diabetics?
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You make a valid argument. So why do subsidize sugar in the US?
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God only knows. Citizens united allowed big corporations to influence government in ways unanticipated by the founders?
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Never thought of it like that. What a great point.
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So you have some sort of solid proof that soda is so bad, it's the one thing that'll save their lives.
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Do you also require some proof that water is wet?
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