maybe the Southwest Airlines stewardess' and stewards can incorporate it into their pre-flight spiel.
Iaato wrote:I'm in favor of this one. Maybe it will induce some weight loss, and in doing so, take some pressure off of the health care system.
While we're at it, health insurance needs to be risk-based. Charge extra for smokers, addicts, and the obese.
These will be stop gap measures. The end is near for both airlines and health insurance anyway.
arretium wrote:Why stop there? How about premiums based on how often they have sex, with whom, how often they drink, whether or not they have had mental problems in the past like bi-polar, schizophrenia, past acts of domestic violence, whether or not the kids watch too much TV, how clean their home is (that's a factor ...for something), whether or not they are messy in general, how much money they keep in their bank account, their credit rating, how much booze they drink, what time they go to bed, what time they get up, when they eat breakfast, what they eat for breakfast/lunch/dinner, whether they ever drive above the speedlimit and for how long and how fast.
kpeavey wrote:any chance you are a lardass?
arretium wrote:Charging people for weight is a boneheaded idea.
Niagara wrote:arretium wrote:Charging people for weight is a boneheaded idea.
Why is it a boneheaded idea?
You're suggesting we shouldn't discriminate against anyone and charge everyone the same price? A nice "warm and fuzzy" policy?
Ok, by that logic the overweight, middle-aged, alcoholic, sky-diving, racecar driving, diabetic smoker with full-blown AIDS pays the same life insurance premium as the young healthy-living risk avoider?
Lifting 300lbs of lard to 35000' altitude requires an additional 14 MJ of energy. Energy that costs money.
It should be done on the BMI,BMI Wiki that way those that fit into the overweight, obese, mordbidly obese will pay more for their fare. Those in the 'normal' weight to height range will pay the normal fare.
Cashmere wrote:
Wow, socialism at its finest right there.
I went to a restaurant with 20 people. The 105 pound healthy woman ate only what a 105 pound woman should eat. The 260 pound healthy male ate 4 times as much, which is what he should eat.
They should both pay the same amount?
Socialist.
idomar wrote:Cashmere wrote:
Wow, socialism at its finest right there.
I went to a restaurant with 20 people. The 105 pound healthy woman ate only what a 105 pound woman should eat. The 260 pound healthy male ate 4 times as much, which is what he should eat.
They should both pay the same amount?
Socialist.
You have just backed up my point, pay for what you use!
on a plane the 205lb person uses MORE fuel to transport than the 105lb person.
So they should pay the same?
misterno wrote:So why don't they do it? Maybe it is against the law?
Cashmere wrote:
Your original quote seemed to imply that all fit people should pay the same price.
That's socialism.
All should pay their weight, regardless of fitness.
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