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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

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To: gusty

I can do three miles in my wheelchair in 25 minutes. Will that suit you?


61 posted on 02/04/2015 8:21:43 PM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN

You’re in.


62 posted on 02/04/2015 8:30:43 PM PST by gusty
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To: Olog-hai

The government is always out to keep the citizens aiming at each other, rather than at them. Don’t be stupid, folks. Fat people are not the enemy. Government is the enemy.


63 posted on 02/05/2015 2:57:04 AM PST by Tax-chick (Soak your toes in hydrogen peroxide.)
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To: MHGinTN

Funny, but for some reason this came to mind;

And then I got to thinkin'...
One could accessorize, you know?

don't forget to bring along the t.v. clicker, 'cuz there ain't nothing quite like being king of the remote and out of control

64 posted on 02/05/2015 3:29:12 AM PST by BlueDragon (the weather is always goldilocks perfect, on freeper island)
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To: BlueDragon

When I use it, I run my four-wheeler on arm power, well, and shoulders too.


65 posted on 02/05/2015 8:47:22 AM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: Olog-hai

The worst part of socialized medicine is that it gives all the Nazi-wanabe nose buds, the power to target and harm groups of people they don’t like and/or want dead.

They constantly harass Brits with health care political agendas targeting “lessor” groups with “cost savings” or from a “higher health moral ground” to deny health care. It’s disgusting. They think they own your body and are your homicidal wicked stepmother.


66 posted on 02/05/2015 10:37:03 AM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: MHGinTN

Old School propulsion, eh?

Ok, I admit it. Rockets can be of limited use. Great for going in straight lines, not good for stopping at the corner and looking both ways before crossing...and the battery powered versions can be wonderful, but less than handy in tight quarters, so there a place for the leaner wheelchair...like, when one reaches the destination.

But then you know all of that sort of thing and far more, I'm sure...

67 posted on 02/05/2015 3:16:46 PM PST by BlueDragon (the weather is always goldilocks perfect, on freeper island)
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To: Olog-hai; SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; Alamo-Girl; Alia; ...

Let’s start with Michelle Obama.

Nanny State PING!


68 posted on 02/05/2015 4:11:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Je suis Charlie, you miserable Islamist throwbacks!)
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To: Olog-hai

Amen!


69 posted on 02/05/2015 4:12:32 PM PST by sport
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To: BlueDragon

LOL ... I still use two canes to walk, but it is slow, slower than I care to move. Too much hare still ‘coarsing’ through my veins I suppose.


70 posted on 02/05/2015 5:35:57 PM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The tax could be that you have to pay your weight in dollar bills.


71 posted on 02/05/2015 5:49:24 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thanks for the ping!


72 posted on 02/05/2015 8:28:11 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: wgmalabama

“I shouldn’t have to put the sarcasm tag.”

Actually, there are some on this very site that would have posted your post with all seriousness. It was simply a reflection of the next step after socializing health care costs. Eventually even “conservatives” will advocate for such things, because “this or that costs the system more.”


73 posted on 02/06/2015 9:28:41 AM PST by CSM
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I know and its a shame. The concept of liberty is dead in this country. We, as a culture, are so eager to punish each other and deprive them of their liberty. During the smoking tax and lawsuite money grab, I had to laugh to keep from crying. I remember my fathers friend going on and on about taxing the hell out of smokers. The three of us were fishing together on my dad’s boat, He knew i smoked but just kept at it. I was 20 maybe at the time. I finally told him that he was next. I said much more and in some harsh ways. He was 100 pounds over weight, high blood preasure, out of shape,.... Its was tough being 20 and a nuckle dragging constitutional conservative. It’s still hard as I have aged. It’s really a simple equation :

Liberty for all or its liberty for none.


74 posted on 02/06/2015 10:48:08 AM PST by wgmalabama
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