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You all realize that this may be good for the economy, the Prez could appoint a Czar to oversee the thousands of new federal employees that will be needed to enforce the laws governing obesity. It can be called the Obesity Security Administration (OSA) and they can advertise for openings just like the TSA does, on the boxes of junk foods. I can easily envision unemployment dipping to less than 8% if this takes hold.

" Do you know who eats unhealthy food; the poor do, why, cos it's cheaper."

I guess I like unhealthy foods but as to them being cheap I do not see it. Define unhealthy foods, I think of fast foods but they are anything but cheap. I think obesity is more of a result of volume eaten vs. what is eaten. You can tax things as much as you want but there will always be those who do not care.