Your figures are unrealistic. First off, you're assuming non-smokers/bad eaters never die. Smokers pay far more in tobacco taxes. You're assuming longer life span equals greater productivity. You also completely ignore that dieing before retirement means you draw no Social Security at all. You also state, falsely, that people work until they're 70.
There are different conclusions on healthcare costs in different studies, depending on the variables. It probably doesn't make much sense to throw these conflicting studies around, so instead I move to the economic view.
The way the groups are diced up in this study makes my point about how you can reach any conclusion. My thesis is that less bad behavior will lead to less disease and lower costs, not that avoiding obesity and smoking will do the trick.
It is problematic. There should be overwhelming scientific evidence, which exists in some cases but not in others.My question is: what constitutes "bad foods", and who will adjudicate that? This book advances the thesis that the "good/bad food" issue is political. I am retooling my diet based on it.
The FDA doesn't allow up to 5% petroleum coal tar in your food, because they care!
No miso soup or sushi roll? Sunflower seeds and kelp makes a great "tuna" salad.
I think if your going to keep referring to these "conflicting studies" then common courtesy would suggest you post them here......
Bad behaviour? Now that's a vague metric to go on
I assumed they did die. If you mean smokers pay more in tobacco taxes than they consume in healthcare costs, I doubt it. It depends on how long they pay, how much they smoke, and how big the cost is.
The peak earning years are typically the last ones. Retirement and death dates have to be compared.
The amount withdrawn by a healthy person isn't going to exceed the lost economic value in my hypothetical.
I don't think anyone in my generation is expecting to retire before 70. In the coming decades the age is going to creep up from where it is today.
I was bringing it up for the bear's benefit.
I can buy bleach at nearly any store, drinking it will kill me or you. I don't think you can "legislate" common sense into being. I'm not in favor of laws that prohibit people from putting their hand on a hot stove either.
i <3 kelp.
I'm talking about private corporations using harmful chemicals in food products.
the difference being, bleach is not baked, fried, broiled, barbequed into foods..
i most definitely eat less and have noticed the correlation (on my own) of high THC and low appetite..sat doms also have this effect on me.
We used to have a Wendy"s in are town, but they didn't get enough business and failed..Now it is a Starbucks...Buck probably helped them fail with the rumors of human shit on the floor from the city...
Your choice is simple, don't buy that food. Where's your beef? (another subtle Wendy'd pun I slid in there)
