Should fat people pay more taxes than slim people to pay for the healrh care they will need later in life?

No they shouldn't pay more taxes! There are plenty of slim people out there that are just as unhealthy, okay, being overweight is self-inflicted in the majority of cases (I accept some cannot help this and may have other problems) but there's a psychological element to it isn't there? Someone who cannot control the amount they eat has an addiction; just like smokers and alcoholics. The answer to this is not to penalise people for not living a 'wholesome' lifestyle, I am not overweight but I certainly do not take the view that an overweight person should pay more tax. Ridiculous and just another way to screw more cash out of people, by making them feel guilty about their 'failings'. Sorry for the rant, but I hate it when a particular group in society is singled out and picked on.

Yes.Because they are eating more and creating scarcity .

Why? Health care isn't free. Unless of course you're an illegal alien. So, they would have to pay out of there own pocket or through health insurance anyway. Plus, if fat people should have to pay more taxes due to health care so should smokers, heavy drinkers, those who don't wear seat belts, frequent flyers, those who participate in high risk activities (sky diving, cliff diving, etc.) those who have unprotected sex. Pretty much anyone that does anything that may impose a health risk.

no fat people should not pay more taxes then skinny people do you think that they want to be like that no it not there chose some people are just big it could be medical reason or whatever

just because your fat doesnt mean you are an unhealthy couch potato who will need more health care than a slimmer person, and no im not fat, im wafer thin.

Anorexics need not apply.............? They are 'slim' people that need a lot of healthcare; mind you, if the healthcare they get whilst they are 'slim' doesn't work....... they don't HAVE any 'later in life'.

no way! not all fat people can help being fat! i am overweight due to medication i am on. and anyhow, just cos your fat dont mean u are gonna need more health care than some skinny person with an illness. for fat people, trying to loose weight is just as hard as it is for a skinny person to put on weight, u know the type, the ones that eat and eat and dont gain a pound. that would be totally unfair. i bet u are a skinny person? well u just wait, u might end up fat!

Thou art a fool. I'm not ashamed to admit i'm overweight. What healthcare have I partaken of? I had a dental x-ray, and a cast when I fractured my arm. In short, ye be talkin' from between the lips you never kiss with.

yes