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Is there a 'fat tax' in your future? Could be, experts say; obesity to blame, but food industry scoffs Tuesday, April 30, 2002 By LANCE GAY SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE excerpts Is it fair for the 39 percent of Americans who watch their diets and aren't overweight today to carry the financial burden of higher health costs for the fatties? ...Mike Burita, a group spokesman, said the government is part of the campaign laying the groundwork for a fat tax, by adopting in 1998 a new "body mass indicator" for defining people who are obese and overweight, which is replacing the traditional height and weight tables in doctors' offices. ---------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
