Governor Dannel P. Malloy is looking to slap taxes on anything that moves while at the same time ramping up spending. So it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the next “Revenue Enhancer” to float out of Hartford came in the form of a tax on fattening food products like cookies, cakes, pies, chips, candy, chocolate, burgers, pizza, fries, hot dogs, sodas, energy drinks, sugary fruit juices, and sports drinks.
Why the possibilities are virtually endless. He could even tax fat people!
Any person with a BMI (body mass index) of 35 or above is classified as morbidly obese and could be subject to a fat tax.
And get this, The Governor could even make the case that the fat tax was in the interest of public safety.
Overweight Americans throwing off safety of city buses
After all, isn’t the Government supposed to look after us and nurture us and keep us safe…even from ourselves?
And other states are looking into fat taxes. The state of New York is considering adopting a fat tax. Alabama has implemented a fat tax so that employees with a BMI of 35 or greater have to pay $25 per month more for health insurance. Whole Foods Market is offering employees discounts based on BMI. The lower your BMI is the bigger the discount at Whole Foods.
Other countries are following suit as well. Denmark, Romania and many European countries are seeking to reduce obesity by instituting fat taxes. Air France is charging a fat tax on obese customers that fly its airline.
If it’s good enough for all those places, surely it’s good enough for the nutmeg state.
Wait, is nutmeg fattening? Maybe Malloy could tax it.
My point, dear reader is this. At what point will the great people of Connecticut draw a line in the sand and say, “ENOUGH!”
Will it take something as ridiculous as a fat tax before we demand that our State Government look first to itself curb its own profligate spending instead of trying to wring every dime, nickel, and penny from the people?
Or will we continue to sit still, or worse, continue to call for more.
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