Wednesday, April 21, 2010
if i was king
All this talk about global warming in class today got me thinking. If I was king, I could fix everything in about two days. I said king because the President really can't do anything, they need Congress to get stuff done, so I would be king. The first step to fixing everything would be solving the health care crisis facing America today. I have a simple solution, and the answer does not involve giving away free services. No, the way to solve the problem is through scales. You know, those things you step on that tell you your weight. Attach a scale to the door of every McDonalds, Burger King, KFC (by the way, has anyone seen the new double down thing at KFC? 2 pieces of chicken, bacon, cheese, and special sauce. A sandwich that has fried chicken in place of bread, and people really wonder why Americans are fat? Seriously? But I disgress.) or any other fast food place. These doors will be locked at all times, and in order to get in you must step on the scale and be under a certain weight, say 200 lbs. Now, there are always exceptions to this rule, such as the 6'5" person or the 5'8" of solid muscle, but these people will get codes to bypass the scale. With this system in place, America's obesity problem will slowly be reigned back in, which in turn will help solve the health care problem. American's will get healthier, which is the root of the out of control costs. What does this have to do with global warming? Well, with the money saved on health care costs by being healthier, thus needed less health care, that money will be diverted by me, the King, to combat the problem of global warming. Significant incentives (ie- CASH) will be given to people to develop and actually USE alternative sources of fuel. Soon, Americans will be thinner, healthier, and driving cars that get 100 miles to the gallon...of water, seeing as gas will be obsoleted. Everyone will be praising King Ethan, and all will be well.
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Your right, democracy is not the most efficient form of government, but it is the "fairest". Our society has become warped with the concepts of instant gratification, materialism, and political correctness. To some extent I do not feel that i should have to pay for the health care of an obese person who has been smoking for 40 years. People need to take responsibility for their actions and not look for the government or any institution "to bail them out"
ReplyDeleteEthan and Matt I agree with what both of you have said, the problem with our government is that they are too slow. We need immediate action go global warming, and stop wasting our time going to conferences in Copenhagen just talking about it. We obviously know that things are bad, do we need to twist the knife and just talk about it even more while the planet is getting worse?
ReplyDeleteI agree with what your trying to get at with making Americans eat healthier, but I don't know if I'm quite ready to vote for you for king (do you even vote for kings?) Regardless, I think the problem lies more within people's mindsets rather than their wallets. A cash incentive, while it sounds great, may not grab the attention you want. I think the first step might be informing people of the effects of global warming (and I don't mean by watching An Inconvenient Truth). People need to change the way they live by choice via acquiring information. Cash is great but ultimately a short lived reward.
ReplyDeleteThis is mildly irrelevant but i actually saw someone eating one of those KFC sandwhiches the other day. Needless to say i almost vomitted.
ReplyDeletePersonally I agree with the scale idea and i really think one of the main problems is as americans we've developed so much of a culture of "politness" (whether fake or genuine) that we dont know how to tell it like it is any longer. Yes, you are fat, this scales says so and no you may not enter KFC because you are fat. Why not you ask? Because youre fatness is costing you and this country money, so head to subway and grab a fresh fit meal because you and the colonel will not be meeting up this afternoon.