Sorry for the long absence again between posts. There is a lot of talk lately of people wanting New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie to run for President. Since I haven't been to New Jersey in a long long time, I can't say how good of a governor he is for that state.
Then I saw that he looks rather obese when they showed video of him walking on a recent news report. So many people might want to pass on him as a candidate just based on his weight.
Well currently over in the European nation of Denmark, there are efforts being made now to tax foods with a certain percentage of fats or greater. This is to prevent Denmark from having soaring obesity rates like here in the United States and Great Britain. A similar type tax was attempted here in Washington State with 2010's "Candy Tax". Fortunately this tax which was taxing everything from licorice, energy bars, and sweetened nuts based on the definition of flour and candy was repealed by the passing of an initiative last year by Washington State voters.
With a Gov. Chrisie as President, there would likely be more tolerance for obesity in this country as not all cases of obesity are from people eating too much "junk" foods. It is likely that genetics does play an important part in people's weights and not just food consumption.
With around 1/3 of the US population currently being labeled obese, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie might be just what this country needs: Someone to represent the big people of this country.
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