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It is funny to read comments from black ladies who go overboard defending their right to have unhealthy lifestyle. I live and work close to areas where there are large black populations. Beiing white and a foreigner the obesity problem in these communities is shockingly visible. However it appears that being surrounded by fat people have made themselves get used to it and defend it.
Since black communities are proportionally poor and likely use health care subsidized by my tax dollars I have a valid beef with it. US spends the most money out of industrialized countries on healthcare and still it is a mess. These people use up more than their fair share of this resource. We should set some kind of sliding BMI scale . Excercise, stop smoking and you keep the bennies, else pay for your habbits.
