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I think that 'bad' part is that these things may be mandated by law, which limits freedom.

• mseebach 14y ago
  Partly that, partly that the motivation is that the government justifies the law by the expected savings in other places (healthcare). This boils down to the fact that, because the government has promised to "repair" you if you "break", it also has a right to "perform maintenance" on you as it sees fit. Even less palatable is the argument that healthy long living citizens spend more time on the labour market, generating more tax revenue.