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Former Obama Adviser: We Should Tax Fat People By Body Weight
Daily Caller ^ | 9:35 AM 02/03/2015 | Patrick Howley

Posted on 02/04/2015 3:04:01 PM PST by Olog-hai

Jonathan Gruber, long credited as the architect of Obamacare, once discussed the necessity of taxing fat people by body weight in order to fight obesity.

“Ultimately, what may be needed to address the obesity problem are direct taxes on body weight,” Gruber wrote in an essay for the National Institute for Health Care Management in April 2010, just months after helping design Obamacare with the president in the Oval Office and during the period in which he was under contract as an Obama administration consultant. …

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; bodyweight; deathpanels; fattax; jonathangruber; obamacare; zerocare
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1 posted on 02/04/2015 3:04:01 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

He would have a huge tax bill if the contents of his head were considered.


2 posted on 02/04/2015 3:05:53 PM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads." - Luke 21:28)
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To: Olog-hai

Body weight or BMI? There is a difference, pinhead.


3 posted on 02/04/2015 3:06:17 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Olog-hai; GeronL; Slings and Arrows; MeshugeMikey

Tax Obamabuffoons based on how full of s*** they are.


4 posted on 02/04/2015 3:06:21 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Olog-hai

Death by dieting, the new genocide brought to you by obamacare.


5 posted on 02/04/2015 3:07:05 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: Olog-hai

I would love for that to happen! That would be a big final nail in the coffin of Obamacare.

Also, I’d love to see the political gymnastics liberals would have to go through to exempt certain ethnicities, some of which have higher rates of obesity than others.


6 posted on 02/04/2015 3:07:18 PM PST by Lorianne (fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
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To: Olog-hai

Wait till he sees what I collect from him as his “estimated tax payment”.


7 posted on 02/04/2015 3:08:34 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Lorianne

Well, most of the people on welfare are exempt from taxes anyway, being below the minimum income level.


8 posted on 02/04/2015 3:10:07 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Olog-hai

The EXEMPT would not be under this, of course.
Nor Moslems since America, both without and within,
is now the Defender of the Moslem Brotherhood
and other Islamic terror organizations in their
quest to invade, conquer and destroy America.


9 posted on 02/04/2015 3:10:25 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Olog-hai
We Should Tax Fat People By Body Weight

We should tax the 0bama regime by lie.

5.56mm

10 posted on 02/04/2015 3:10:27 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Olog-hai

'Nuf said.

11 posted on 02/04/2015 3:11:29 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Olog-hai
Ohh, Mouchie is gonna owe a bundle.

Now for examining those fat DNC broads in DC!!!

12 posted on 02/04/2015 3:12:06 PM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Olog-hai

13 posted on 02/04/2015 3:12:21 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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In all fairness, Teddy’s probably lost a lot of weight by now. *SMIRK*


14 posted on 02/04/2015 3:12:28 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: a fool in paradise

Obama will have to increase his taxes withheld go cover extra tax due for the Wookie.


15 posted on 02/04/2015 3:12:42 PM PST by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Olog-hai

How about a tax on hubris?


16 posted on 02/04/2015 3:13:40 PM PST by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: Olog-hai

How about a stupid tax or would that bankrupt the democraps.


17 posted on 02/04/2015 3:14:01 PM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Olog-hai
Gruber, shut the F up!! Some fat people have genetic that make them fat, no matter what they do.

We should tax Libs for stupid statements!!!!

18 posted on 02/04/2015 3:16:23 PM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: Olog-hai

“Former Obama Adviser: We Should Tax Fat People By Body Weight”

LOL! Cant wait for the “fat shaming” feminists to WEIGH in on this.


19 posted on 02/04/2015 3:16:44 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Olog-hai

I think we should impose a tax according to the number of taxes a person supports.

Put a checklist on insurance forms and watch how fast taxes go away.


20 posted on 02/04/2015 3:19:58 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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