Ill. lawmaker (Republican!!!) says raising obese kids should cost parents at tax time

St. Louis Today ^ | May 11, 2011 | Hannah Hess

[longtermmemmory]

what if there is a true medical reason? (ala certain medications, birth defect etc)?

will a person have to disclose their medical history?

Big GE is making any concept of medical privacy impossible.

[Wurlitzer]

Just one more perfect example how after the Progressives (AKA communists) completely infected the Democrat party with their cancer, they set their sites on the GOP and are well on their way to assimilating all they can in that party.

Regarding tax credits in general, this is what we get once we allowed them to use the tax code for social engineering on ANY level rather than just a source of income to run government functions.

We have become so accustomed to child credits, mortgage interest credits, zillions of tax loopholes for business that taxes are now more a source of behavior modification than a source of revenue to fund the VERY LIMITED functions of the federal government as so outlined in the US Constitution.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Just because someone has the Holy (R) behind their name, doesn’t mean they have the first d*mn lick of sense.

[TribalPrincess2U]

BINGO!

[TribalPrincess2U]

And it doesn’t mean they are the first to come up with the idea.

That’s a leftist type rule. Raising taxes any way possible is a leftist rule also.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Illinois...

[paulycy]

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[longtermmemmory]

define direction:

if we control the house and block obama that is “right direction”

tide turning against obama is “right direction”

the msm obfuscates and implies support for obama.

how about “is obama the wrong person to be president?” that will not be asked by the MSM.

[tbw2]

A better option would be to limit food stamp money / SNAP so that it can only be used to buy healthy stuff. No soda, no candy, no Little Debby. The tax payer no longer subsidizes junk food, those on food stamps eat healthier, and the general public does not lose their freedoms.

[JimRed]

Sen. Shane Cultra, R-Onarga

Sen. Shane Cultra, RINO-Onarga

Small correction.

[svcw]

Really good points.

[Oldpuppymax]

More proof that there indeed ARE no Republicans in the state of Daley and Hussein.

[sportutegrl]

Notice he wants to use a state tax deduction as an incentive to punish parents of obese children. So only the half of the population that pays taxes would be affected. It would make more sense to deduct funds from the welfare checks/food stamp cards of these parents.

I still think this would be wrong, but it is more wrong to design the bill to only punish the taxpayers, not the tax eaters.