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Thursday, June 7, 2007 12:00 AM

Healthy, my ass

Many blacks love big women, but having a rump the size of Buffie the Body's can put women at risk for disease.
By Debra Dickerson

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  • Thursday, June 7, 2007 02:08 PM

    Taxes

    This is a little bit off topic, but I have always wondered why fast/junk food is not subject to a sin tax like tobacco and alcohol - to me these items basically fit in the same category. Can you imagine if every bag of chips and bottle of soda had a $1 "health tax" on it? The money collected from such a tax would make the revenue generated from alcohol and cigarettes taxes look like chump change! I would bet such a tax could easily pay for universal health care with money left over...

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