CAFC Matt
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Stuid idea but i like the name - Fat Tax
The trouble with this is Cadburys, McDobnalds etc will get sued
The trouble with this is Cadburys, McDobnalds etc will get sued
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Westdene Seagull said:
This arguement that it costs the NHS money is very misleading. We all ( well those of us that work ) pay NI to pay for the NHS. This means that regardless of our life style we're entitled to free ( ish ) treatment when required. If fat people need it because they are over weight so be it. Smokers need it because they smoke. Drivers need it when they are involved in a crash. Sports people need it when they get injured. Pedestrians need it if they trip on the pavement.
Should we tax all these pass times and activities because these people are a drian on the NHS .... of course not. The Government should look to encourage people to eat healthily not tax those that don't. If they actually stopped wasting billions a year on far too many Civil Servants, lazy benefit spongers and EU membership fees they might actually have enough money without taxing everything we enjoy.
Curious Orange said:
Wah-wah wah, wah wah wah. Wah wah.... (in a Peanuts style).
US Seagull said:They already have a stupid tax, it's called the lottery.
GUNTER said:why should Guy Butters pay more just for being a bit on the large side.
Let him enjoy his KFC without worry.
marvin said:The lottery is only a stupidity tax if you actually believe you will win something and expect to win something.
beorhthelm said:Its about proper enducation, information and guidence. possibly regulation to stop companies mis-representing their foods (yeah, 95% fat free means its 5% fat, probably the same as the non low fat brand) and to push them to use less fat gradually over time to allow our taste to change.
teaboy said:We should just line up all the fatties and chase them with sticks.
Vinyl Richie said:I really want to play the lottery but the odds are so stupid that I just can't let myself.
theres only a 1 in 8 chance of matching just 1 number!!! And you don't even win anything for that!!! As I work it out anyway. Please correct me if wrong. Not sure if they pull out 6 or 7 balls.
match all 6= 1:13,983,816
5= 1:317,814
4= 1:14,125
3= 1:921
2= 1:78
1= 1:8
What is the point? but then again, there's still that chance....... I know better but I do enjoy a flutter
US Seagull said:They draw 6 balls numbered 1 through 50 right?
So to get all 6 your odds are 50*49*48*47*46*45 = 11,441,304,000 - thats 11 billion to one (of 11 hundred million in English) or about 0.000000009% (I think)
If you like gambling, there are any number of other games you can bet on that have orders of magnitude better odds than the lottery.
Vinyl Richie said:Nah I think there's 49 balls and even then you missed the fact that on your first pick you have a 6 in 49 chance (not 1 in 49), then a 5 in 48 chance (not 1 in 48 again) etc...
hence the sum is:
6*5*4*3*2*1
_________________ = 13.9 million odd to one
49*48*47*46*45*44
I'm pretty sure that's right. Either way still not worth going near.
Your 11billion is the total number of combinations possible with 49 numbers.
49*48*47*46*45*44 = 11biguns
US Seagull said:No it's even more stupid if you're not playing to win. Why the hell play then? And the fact that you got lucky doesn't alter the fact that the odds are vanishingly small and it represents a huge waste of money for most people. What's worse is that it effects the poor more than the rich. I bet Richard Branson isn't out buying tickets, but some poor old biddy is slapping down her the last of her pension money for a vanishingly small chance at winning.