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White House Adviser Rahm's Older Brother: 'Heavier People' Bad for Economy
American National Institutes of Health bioethicist claims there hidden costs to 'increasing girth' in NY Times 'Freakonomics' podcast.
By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
3/4/2010 3:12:41 PM
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While the White House is making its last pushes for health care reform to be passed in Congress – a campaign against the so-called obesity epidemic has been ramped up in political circles. The media have played along, of course. First Lady Michelle Obama recently made an unusual appearance on the Fox News Channel about this issue.
But in all the obesity hand wringing some bizarre remarks from an important person were overlooked. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a White House adviser and the older brother to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, told the New York Times “Freakonomics Radio” recently that this condition has a broader impact on our lives, specifically the economy. (h/t Stuart James)
“I mean, we’re all focused on health care, diabetes and heart disease,” Emanuel said on Feb. 25. “But, there’s all sorts of things like the simple that, you know – heavier people – transportation is more, so there’s more spent on gasoline, more on jet fuel.”
Emanuel, a bioethicist at the American National Institutes of Health, explained that it’s not just energy costs, but also infrastructure.
“People have had to change, ah you know, the size of doorways, the size of chairs on airplanes and at sports stadiums,” Emanuel said. “So there’s a lot of hidden costs as well to the increasing girth of Americans.”
The obesity epidemic’s impact on the economy has been an argument used by left-leaning groups and pundits that advocate stricter regulations from the government for the past several years, now more recently employed by First Lady Michelle Obama. However, as Reason.tv’s Nick Gillespie recently pointed out, the best way to solve these alleged impediments on wealth and prosperity for the country is for the government to get out of the way so that people will have to pay for their choices.
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Hey Zeke - so are smokers and alcoholics!
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Yeah the fuckers in DC have room to talk about something being bad for the economy. Shit if fat people are bad congress must be the black plague.
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Here is what fags like Rahm and his brother and the Obamas dont understand!I DONT WANT TO BE BUILT LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ID RATHER DIE FIRST THEN WALK AROUND WITH A TEN INCH NECK AND 8 INCH ARMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!If you want to look like a flaming fag from the ballet,then do it,just dont fucking tell me what my weight should be,because if it was like Rahms Id put a gun in my mouth and blow the back of my head off.
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These communist radicals are spelling out everything very clearly for anyone with the honesty to see it for what it is.
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Nobody wants macho men any more or the illusion of a strong secure man, society wants metro sexual , in touch with the feminine side dick sucking weak pathetic fags. Just look at all the bull shit on t.v. and the twinks in the movies.
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Nobody wants macho men any more or the illusion of a strong secure man, society wants metro sexual , in touch with the feminine side dick sucking weak pathetic fags. Just look at all the bull shit on t.v. and the twinks in the movies.
Liberal men by and large are small weak pathetic little creatures scared of their own shadow.
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These communist radicals are spelling out everything very clearly for anyone with the honesty to see it for what it is.
You mean ZIONIST RADICALS
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that way there is nobody to beat their ass when they piss people off
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You mean ZIONIST RADICALS
Are their ends any different Samson?
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fat people ARE bad for the economy. They cost a lot more resources for healthcare. is anyone arguing this?
seriously, I think obama could run a campaign against pedophiles, and people here would talk about how pedophilia is no worse than...
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than what 240 ???????? HMMMMM sarah palin?
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fat people ARE bad for the economy. They cost a lot more resources for healthcare. is anyone arguing this?
seriously, I think obama could run a campaign against pedophiles, and people here would talk about how pedophilia is no worse than...
Obama 2012 - "Vote for me you fat ass - I'll whip you into shape while I drink 40's and smoke Kools."
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come on 240 you havent had a baseless bash on palin today, could this thread be the one?
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fat people ARE bad for the economy. They cost a lot more resources for healthcare. is anyone arguing this?
seriously, I think obama could run a campaign against pedophiles, and people here would talk about how pedophilia is no worse than...
More BS from the government, more smoke and mirrors to divert attention away from them as they destroy what left of America. How many fat people spent 820 Billion Dollars on a stimulus package that didn't stimulate a fucking thing? Did fat people run the deficite up to what 14 Trillion? Those fat people I tell ya, if it wasn't for the government I don't know what we would do ::)
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240, How many months left in the 18 months time table that you said we should wait before making a call on whether or not Obama's Stimulus was good or bad ? ::)
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240, How many months left in the 18 months time table that you said we should wait before making a call on whether or not Obama's Stimulus was good or bad ? ::)
We are now at the 12 month mark. 6 months to go.
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how much more time do any of you need? just drive around and physicaly look at the businesses closed or just abandon, and the number of people walking the streets during the day, it is really getting bad, and i am in one of the states thats better off.
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We are now at the 12 month mark. 6 months to go.
240 should just go ahead and admit it now that it was a failure, as in 6 months we could be in even worse shape.
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Fat people are job security.
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::) wow only the right wing crazies on this board, a fitness board no less, could complain about this.
Lets be real here fat people do take up more of the economy. You can't question that. Unless of course you are so far right you can't see straight.
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::) wow only the right wing crazies on this board, a fitness board no less, could complain about this.
Lets be real here fat people do take up more of the economy. You can't question that. Unless of course you are so far right you can't see straight.
So let the govt fat police kill em off or put them in fat camps right?
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So let the govt fat police kill em off or put them in fat camps right?
Doing that would save billions of dollars.
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::) wow only the right wing crazies on this board, a fitness board no less, could complain about this.
Lets be real here fat people do take up more of the economy. You can't question that. Unless of course you are so far right you can't see straight.
So you don't want to address my point, or are you a left wing crazy that can't see straight?
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I'll happily admit it at the 18 month mark
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There should be a higher tax on their food, too.
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There should be a higher tax on their food, too.
Why? If fat people die earlier we dont have to pay medicare or SS, so arnt we saving money?
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Why? If fat people die earlier we dont have to pay medicare or SS, so arnt we saving money?
There are only four drugs that improve the quality of life. All other drugs extend life.
it would be the most fiscally conservative thing to do. There's no possible way to calculate how much money it would save but many industries depend on fat people for their survival. Personally, they are job security and great learning in hospitals when their organs and stuff start failing.
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what 4 drugs improve quality of life?
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what 4 drugs improve quality of life?
Things like Insulin, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, thyroid meds and you have to include vaccines. 4 is too conservative but most drugs extend life without really affecting quality.
Added by edit: My girl is complaining and throwing out drugs that should be on the list, LOL@
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fat people ARE bad for the economy. They cost a lot more resources for healthcare. is anyone arguing this?
seriously, I think obama could run a campaign against pedophiles, and people here would talk about how pedophilia is no worse than...
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Plus fat people are ugly..there lack of will power sickens me... :o
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::) wow only the right wing crazies on this board, a fitness board no less, could complain about this.
Lets be real here fat people do take up more of the economy. You can't question that. Unless of course you are so far right you can't see straight.
Ummm according the Zeke Emanuel EVERYONE on here is obese.That pin head goes by the BMI index.That means ,for me at 5;9 Id have to weigh 160lbs,over that and Im fat.At 3% bodyfat I compete in bodybuilding at 224.So,according to Zeke and Rahm[two fags by the way]I need to loose 60 additional pounds at 3% bodyfat.Thats why its fucking gay as hell.
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Rush is stealing my info again!
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What about all the lazy skinny welfare recipients ? I guess they are all OK ?
If someone is a law abiding, hard working person, that pays their taxes, it should be nobody's concern, if they are overweight.
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What about all the lazy skinny welfare recipients ? I guess they are all OK ?
If someone is a law abiding, hard working person, that pays their taxes, it should be nobody's concern, if they are overweight.
The long term costs associated with fatassedness are probably greater. Easiest comparison is probably cigarette smokers, ultimately when they get sick it becomes expensive as crap though smoking is still considered a personal choice.
How many personal choices exist in a vacuum?
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fat people are harder to kidnap not all negative ;D
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fat people are harder to kidnap not all negative ;D
But easier to fillet once you kill them.