Bungers to go up 25% - Rudd strikes again

[seiko1]

http://www.theage.com.au/national/where ... -twmg.html
I look to much like a coppa to be able to find this place

[mike-s]

For what it's worth,here is an indication that Rudd is just a little tax happy at the moment.

[MadKaw]

Tax the shit out of unhealthy Fast Foods.!!
Obesity is filling up the hospitals and killing more ppl than smoking these days.!

[tim]

Tax the shit out of unhealthy Fast Foods.!!
Obesity is filling up the hospitals and killing more ppl than smoking these days.!

[ZXR750]

Tax the shit out of unhealthy Fast Foods.!!
Obesity is filling up the hospitals and killing more ppl than smoking these days.!

It's alright for you ya skinny bastard but what about us larger folk??

[seiko1]

For what it's worth,here is an indication that Rudd is just a little tax happy at the moment.

At least thats picking on the rich and not the poor for once
They are our bloody resources after all

[P4nza]

im gonna attempt quitting... cutting back to 2-3 smokes a day now... before it was 10-15.... so far its working but want to leave em for good... i cant afford this tasty habit anymore...

[Supafrog]

Wouldn't ity be sad if we all had to leave our stable jobs to find a new job that pays more just to enjoy our vices?

[seiko1]

Just get rich......you can even smoke indoors in Vic then
Fuckers are allowed to smoke in the "High Roller" room at the Casino

[javaman]

Beer should have graphic accident pictures on them.

And so should motorcycles

And yes, a big mac need to be wrapped in fat ass pics.

[Glen]

This is progress Once we eliminate all the smokers
I think we can start to target the "fat people"
Macdonalds will come in plain wrappers with disgusting fat pictures (sorry warnings) KFC will only be allowed to be consumed in designated areas for the fear that slim people may be upset by the disgusting aroma.
Where does it end
Obesity-related illness killed 5,600 people across Australia every year and governments should do more to cut the toll, health groups say.

Diabetes Australia, the Heart Foundation and the Cancer Council have joined forces to call on the Victorian state government to take urgent action to address the problem.

Director of the Victorian branch of the Cancer Council Professor David Hill, said at least 1,400 Victorians died each year from obesity-related disease.

"Four Victorians die every day from cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes and cancer, related to being overweight or obese," Dr Hill said.

"These statistics show just how urgent the need for action is."

Victorian Burden of Disease statistics show that in 2002, 650 overweight or obese people died from cardiovascular disease, 450 from type two diabetes and 300 from cancer.

I think you make a really fair point.Now clearly smoking ain't good for you and we should be doing whatever we can to discourage it. What shit's me though is that we've made smokers the pariahs of society for years now, the economic argument being that all of the other taxpayers have to pay for their hospital treatments when they get older. This is a load of shit as they die earlier anyway so what you spend in hospital fees you save in social security/pension payments.

Now just imagine that the same campaigns run to discourage smoking ( ie smoking is anti social) were run to discourage obesity. We'd all then be accused of being bigotted and discriminatory. Imagine if Macca's, KFC, Pizza Hut were all made to lose their brand identity, you don't think that would cost the Gov some serious money in damages for loss of intellectual property. IP lawyers are gonna love it if they try and stop them branding Ciggies. I hope K Rudd got some deep pockets to pay fo the loss of branding etc because it will run into the billions

By all means tax the bejeezus out of them but why not do the same for all the fat shit that people throw down their throat. There's a hell of a lot of stones being thrown around glass houses I reckon

[Jonno]

Put Kev 07 big mug on the packet and I bet no one would be smoking then

[MickLC]

....Director of the Victorian branch of the Cancer Council Professor David Hill, said at least 1,400 Victorians died each year from obesity-related disease.

"Four Victorians die every day from cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes and cancer, related to being overweight or obese," Dr Hill said.

"These statistics show just how urgent the need for action is."

Victorian Burden of Disease statistics show that in 2002, 650 overweight or obese people died from cardiovascular disease, 450 from type two diabetes and 300 from cancer.

Not arguing the point, but I'm always sceptical when I read statistics like these as it is never, ever that cut and dried. The obvious omission is how many of these overweight people who died from cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes and cancer were also smokers. What about other factors?

And although I said I wasn't arguing the point, there is the argument that anyone who smokes is increasing their risk of disease, whereas there's a fair percentage of people who can eat junk food without becoming obese or increasing their risk of disease. This doesn't include people who eat deep-fried mars bars though ....and it doesn't justify the targetted actions against smokers that we've seen either, but unfortunately politicians love a good bandwagon.

[seiko1]

If you lot sat still for this one......................no respect

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/money/money ... 5860719998

Track you to charge you? At least we would be rid of speed camera's
They would know where you were and how fast you were going 24 hr's a day
This would have me rioting and smashing up Gov buildings........no doubt
You could never say I have'nt been warning you

[Six Addict]

mate the nsw government cant even get across the board integrated electronic ticketing for public transport happening, how the fuck do you think they'll ever get this up?