"Should the Government Pay People to Lose Weight?"
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:54 pm
I found this on Slate.com today. There is actually a town in Italy which is offering to pay its citizens to lose weight.
The article isn't as flippant as the title sounds. There are some interesting points about the relationship between short term thinking and bad habits and addictions.
Even if you feel that this is an improper and patronizing intrusion of government power into private life (I agree), there is a lot to chew on here.
http://www.slate.com/id/2179078
Geoff
The article isn't as flippant as the title sounds. There are some interesting points about the relationship between short term thinking and bad habits and addictions.
Even if you feel that this is an improper and patronizing intrusion of government power into private life (I agree), there is a lot to chew on here.
http://www.slate.com/id/2179078
Geoff