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Posted by: Victoria on 2010-04-06, 13:04:44
Ewwww I have a major aversion to morbidly obese, so I'm going to have to go for the addict... although really I'd prefer to be a spinster if it came down to it. I think fat people cost more money in their health care because they live but have tons of problems obviously, from high blood pressure to clogged up arteries leading to heart disease and end up requiring a new heart or liver sometimes when it gets pickled from eating too much crap. Also, diabetes, which costs a ton of money to monitor and maintain healthy blood sugar levels, perhaps even have to hire a caregiver to give shots and definitely have to buy very expensive special diet foods. I ought to know, I do some caregiving and know all about diabetes maintenance and the shots, it ain't cheap and a hassle. Fat people are just a hassle in general, hate to say it. At least with drug or drink addicts, if they refuse to help themselves, then pretty much they just go die at a young age. The govt does not offer much assistance with substance abuse programs, most of them are private charities or top dollar expensive treatment centers. The govts solution is often lock em up in jail, pay them lots of fines... so they loose $ from jailing em but in turn make obscene amounts charging court ordered fines and the dui schools make a king's ransom as well. And also I suspect when they confiscate the drugs that perhaps it doesn't all get burned, hmmmmm |
