Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“Why should you be rewarded by the benefits system for losing weight when somebody who has not become obese does not get free money?
It's like that old Chris Rock joke about people boasting about not being in jail and expecting to be credited for it, when it should be seen that not going to jail is normal.
And as I said in the above post, what's to prevent people from abusing this system anyway?
If I saw somebody getting more benefits than me for losing weight I might think "Fukc it, I may as well put on weight and apply for the same scheme too if it means that I get more benefit"
And for how long would someone receive this benefit? Until they get to a 'normal' weight? Isn't this an incentive to try to not lose too much weight too quickly and to take as long as it's humanly possibly to stay just on the 'wrong' side of obese?
Surely it would encourage people to be perpetually obese wouldn't it?
Then imagine that you've lost the required weight and the government believe that it's time to stop your extra money. Then it'd be a topic on The Wright Stuff where Wright and his panel act angry and outraged that people's benefits have been cut.
The reward for losing weight should be the achievement of losing the weight. Your own health.
If that isn't reward enough then I don't see how a financial incentive from the government would work.
You'd already have a financial reward of some sort due to the reduced cost on food bills each week. But as I say, the self-fulfillment and improvement to your life would be the real reward.”
“Why should you be rewarded by the benefits system for losing weight when somebody who has not become obese does not get free money?
It's like that old Chris Rock joke about people boasting about not being in jail and expecting to be credited for it, when it should be seen that not going to jail is normal.
And as I said in the above post, what's to prevent people from abusing this system anyway?
If I saw somebody getting more benefits than me for losing weight I might think "Fukc it, I may as well put on weight and apply for the same scheme too if it means that I get more benefit"
And for how long would someone receive this benefit? Until they get to a 'normal' weight? Isn't this an incentive to try to not lose too much weight too quickly and to take as long as it's humanly possibly to stay just on the 'wrong' side of obese?
Surely it would encourage people to be perpetually obese wouldn't it?
Then imagine that you've lost the required weight and the government believe that it's time to stop your extra money. Then it'd be a topic on The Wright Stuff where Wright and his panel act angry and outraged that people's benefits have been cut.
The reward for losing weight should be the achievement of losing the weight. Your own health.
If that isn't reward enough then I don't see how a financial incentive from the government would work.
You'd already have a financial reward of some sort due to the reduced cost on food bills each week. But as I say, the self-fulfillment and improvement to your life would be the real reward.”
Fantastic post could not agree more, especially the BIB
