What if no one were fat?

Money Central ^ | April 23, 2008 | Shirley Skeel

[Varda]

Actually all that’s wrong with that burger is the bread. Take that away and it’s health food.

[Centurion2000]

The war on tobacco continues .... now the war on fat people starts.

[Coldwater Creek]

IMHO, it’s working moms. I kn
ow that some have no choice, but many do, and choose to not be a homemaker.

[spotbust1]

This won't help you lose weight, but it will help with the vapors ;-)

[Old North State]

These static analyses are always wrong anyway. We wouldn't ‘save’ billions on gas, people would just drive more and make other changes etc. It reminds me of the ‘what if nobody smoked’ argument, sure less lung cancer, but the increased costs in aged care ans SS would more than offset any savings.

[pillut48]

Not at my house. My DH is from India, and the spicier the food, the better for him!! Have you ever smelled Indian ‘pickle’?!

Just don’t light any matches around here, okay? ;-)

[Allegra]

That Steakhouse thing Burger King is advertising looks awfully good. ;-)

I'm sure the government would love to outlaw stuff like that.

[latina4dubya]

McDonalds and Wendys would go out of business!!!!

not so... not everyone who eats junk food is overweight or fat...

[Soliton]

Farming and hospitality economic sectors would collapse. There would then be food shortages and people would starve because they had no fat reserves. I for one will NEVER let this atrocity happen. Today is 30 cent wing day at Wiggy’s here in Pittsburgh. I will do my share to help save the world.

[MEGoody]

We’d save a ton of money just not giving anyone health care. Or, we could regulate everything they do in life, from who they have sex with (and how often) to what type of bed they sleep in. That would save a lot of money too.

[MEGoody]

If nobody in America were fat, we wouldn't have funny comedians like John Belushi, John Candy, or Chris Farley. Hey--wait a minute.

Just want to clarify - John Belushi died of a drug overdose. Had nothing to do with his weight.

[-YYZ-]

“Processed food companies would be out of business—especially the “diet” soda folks.”

Actually, diet sodas are part of the reason I’m not fat - if I consumed the amount of regular, sugared soda that I do diet sodas, the huge amount of sugar would surely put the pounds on me. Sure, an even healthier choice would be drink other things, like water, unsweetened tea and coffee, and so on, but diet sodas do have their place.

[sarasota]

The government would be asking for a consumer revolt on a massive scale if they tried!

[SoDak]

That’s a beautiful thing.

[metmom]

I have a better question, What if no one was gay? or a junkie? Think of all the money we would save from not having people with AIDS. Also, make it mandatory to be monogamous. We could play this game forever. Old people, preemies, etc.

Exactly.

[HungarianGypsy]

It must be nice to have a perfect body.