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Originally Posted by willravel
I can't think of any reason it wouldn't work. It's not like the US is the only country in the world with corrupt and partisan politicians.
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I dont know what the spending is like is most of the UHC nations, but I think we can all pretty much count on our guys throwing all the UHC taxes into the general fund to pay for their earmarks and pet projects, while borrowing to actually pay for the UHC services.
Wow... they arent even waiting for UHC to start making laws about this crap... I remember years ago, just when the big anti-smoking laws started coming around and people would joke about laws against food would be coming next.. but it sounded crazy at the time.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...01081fat1.html
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New bill would make it illegal for restaurants to serve the obese
FEBRUARY 1--Mississippi legislators this week introduced a bill that would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons. Bill No. 282, a copy of which you'll find below, is the brainchild of three members of the state's House of Representatives, Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read, and Democrat Bobby Shows. The bill, which is likely dead on arrival, proposes that the state's Department of Health establish weight criteria after consultation with Mississippi's Council on Obesity. It does not detail what penalties an eatery would face if its grub was served to someone with an excessive body mass index. (2 pages)
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