BIG FAT BLOG: We Owe Barack Obama Trillion

We Owe Barack Obama Trillion
Well, this is disappointing. Meowzer at fatfu points to a quote from Barack Obama, US Presidential Candidate, during the debates this week: “If we could go back to the obesity rates of 1980 we could save the Medicare system a trillion dollars.” - Barack Obama during Democratic Presidential Debate, 12/13/07 I'm a little too disillusioned to comment about the 2008 race in general. But a tiny part of me hopes that Mike Huckabee gets some recognition on the Republican side only because we know where he stands with fat. (Like, ohidontknow, comparing us to September 11th and Hurricane Katrina.) Getting back to Obama's quote though, the whole "time machine" angle could be used on any of a number of things. Just imagine if there were fewer people in this country. Well there were, in 1950. Can we go back to the population rates of 1950? And boy, it would be pretty nice money-wise to save on AIDS. Let's roll back about 40 years and take care of that chimp in the Sahara. Just... ugh. The elephant in the room of the Democrats' health care proposals is, of course, fat people. Good on Meowzer for starting to tackle it and, of course, shame on Barack Obama.continued