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Where I come from, if a person buys and eats junk and gets obese, that's their own fault, not the fault of the person who sells junk, and certainly not the faul
by test6554 9y ago
Where I come from, if a person buys and eats junk and gets obese, that's their own fault, not the fault of the person who sells junk, and certainly not the fault of taxpayers. Their additional costs should come out of their own pockets.
- NegativeLatency 9y agoWhat about the gov subsidies of corn that got us to the current situation?
- kunimu 9y agoI think there's certainly an argument to be made for social health care, the restriction of that health care for certain illnesses, and limiting the ability or capacity of companies to knowingly and deliberately entrap people into a cycle of sugar "addiction". Of course they are only offering goods to sell, but the effects of this simplified reductionist view are seen through society and deserve to be studied and inspected.
- s73ver_ 9y agoThat's an extremely short sighted way to look at things, which gives a complete pass to a bunch of bad actors in the system. Why is it always "personal responsibility", but never "corporate responsibility"?
- losteric 9y agoWe should tax the companies that profit to fund public education on these issues... If the public is not aware of the risks, they cannot be at fault because they never made a decision.