“Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and entirely inappropriate and unnecessary and humorless American class system created. Honest, industrious, peaceful citizens were classed as bloodsuckers, if they asked to be paid a living wage. And they saw that praise was reserved henceforth for those who devised means of getting paid enormously for committing crimes against which no laws had been passed. Thus the American dream turned belly up, turned green, bobbed to the scummy surface of cupidity unlimited, filled with gas, went bang in the noonday sun.” ~Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
It bothered me that they’re showing heavy people in the “today” picture because I’m sure that some will think “maybe they’d have more money if they didn’t eat so many cheeseburgers lol lol lol”
but the reality is that it’s extremely difficult to be healthy without money. Your diet, your medical assistance, your stress level, and access to physical fitness resources (walking isn’t enough) are all entirely dependent on how much money you have.
If you can’t even pay your utilities without trouble while working 40 hrs/week, there’s every chance that you’re going to gain weight, which leads to even more problems, which makes you even heavier…
And then people will say that you’re just being lazy but the truth is, you’re drowning and no one is willing to help. They’re just going to laugh about stupid fat poor people being too lazy to fix their own problems. Even though just having adequate wages would solve most of them.