David Cameron endorses fat tax !

Fernick said:
Daily mail? This thread has no credibility. Nothing to see here.
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While the Daily Mail isn't a great source for many (most?) things I wouldn't necessarily always dismiss it without looking into what it is peddling.

OldCoals said:
I don't, we pay £90 a month for gym membership, why should I subsidise other people?
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Maybe if you're subsidising other peoples gym memberships you'll end up getting yours for £85?

Although I take the point that going to the gym as a form of getting exercise is a choice and to pay for someone elses choice isn't necessarily very fair. Maybe more education is the answer, it's not all that hard to make a reasonably tasty and nuitrious meal, nor does it take a huge amount of time to make something basic - I realise that not everyone has the time, money or inclination but it does need addressed in some form.
 
I think it's worth doing, you may want to tax the fat people and make them pay for their own treatment, but that wont stop them eating and they will end up not being able to afford treatment. At least if they tax unhealthy food it will mean everyone will eat more healthy, you might buy a few sugary snacks a week but not as many as you normally would. If the government really want to tackle the problem they should get everyone to exercise it's the only way. No wonder Denmark has the lowest levels of obesity it's because everyone rides a bike there.

Also I don't understand the need for butter, I can't stand it on sandwiches especially ones you can buy ready made. Try a sandwich without and you will probably enjoy it more.
 
Duno about the details but making foods that are not too healthy a bit more expensive is a okish idea i suppose. It would help point people to healthier foods as long as they lower fresh food prices if they do increase the price of fattier foods.

Tho the foods that should be taxed or whatever it is there doing should be processed stuff not natural stuff. So things like milk and meat shouldn't be in the list but things like ready meals and the likes should.

Only would be good if this actually would help move people to fresh foods more and unprocessed stuff so they cook it themselves. If it doesn't do that then its probably not the best move to do.

Hmm ppl pay a lot for gym memberships it seems from reading a few posts above. I went to the gym and it cost me £10 or so a month tho i am on benefits i got it a bit cheaper but without benefits it would be an extra fiver or so. Definitely nothing like 70+ as some seem to be paying. But then again i live in the north east the poorest part of the UK.
 
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mufc802 said:
I think it's worth doing, you may want to tax the fat people and make them pay for their own treatment, but that wont stop them eating and they will end up not being able to afford treatment. At least if they tax unhealthy food it will mean everyone will eat more healthy, you might buy a few sugary snacks a week but not as many as you normally would. If the government really want to tackle the problem they should get everyone to exercise it's the only way. No wonder Denmark has the lowest levels of obesity it's because everyone rides a bike there.

Also I don't understand the need for butter, I can't stand it on sandwiches especially ones you can buy ready made. Try a sandwich without and you will probably enjoy it more.
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Watch until the end~

It's funny becuase he's making a joke... but some of you actually think it's a good idea.
 
Alpherah said:
On the topic of it being expensive, i wonder some times what justification the gyms in my area have for increasing membership costs at 5 times the rate of inflation over the last 8 years or so, especially when its one of the poorest areas of the country heh.
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Because meat heads are dumb enough to pay it? ;)

Seriously though they're in business, they're not there to serve you as a public service (unless it's the council gym in which case that's different). If you could double the price of your product, whilst retaining the costs of sale, and keeping enough customers to increase net profit, wouldn't you?
 
well pickles woul dbe buggered, look at the state of him, he would be taxed to the eyebalss with his dietry choices I bet :)
 
I can also see that alcohol would increase in price also as that is quite a factor as it has a lot of calories in which many say leads to getting bigger (beer gut) for example.
 
SkeeterUK said:
I can also see that alcohol would increase in price also as that is quite a factor as it has a lot of calories in which many say leads to getting bigger (beer gut) for example.
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I thought this was happening anyway in order to discourage binge drinking ? wasn't there talk of some minimum price per unit levy coming in or did I dream that ?
 
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