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Originally Posted by kristin
No, but there's a difference. Some diseases can't be prevented, controlled or stopped.
Obesity and smoking can. I don't want my taxes going towards someone's unhealthy lifestyle choices.
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Me either, but I don't get to decide if someone takes a job in a factory and breathes in dangerous dust for 20 years, which is also preventable, controllable, and stoppable. And I don't get to decide if tax dollars need to go toward fixing him or burying him.