Smokers Got Hammered First; Now It’s The Obese.
I was struck by a story out of Japan that we will be discussing in detail on tomorrow morning’s show. In Japan where they have a state run Health Care system which is similar to ours; the government is now hammering companies with heavy fine if their employees are over a certain weight. One company is facing $19,000,000.00 in penalties if their workers don’t slim down because their “chubbiness” is costing the Health Care system a fortune. I wonder when someone in our “nanny state” government is going to suggest we start doing this here? First it was the smokers who everyone picked on, now it’s the obese. Can you just imagine how many Human Rights Tribunals we would have to go through if they tried something like that here in Canada? We’ll soon see, because I believe it’s coming sooner than later.
Jeff Allan