White House doctor's creepy remarks about fat people

The next logical step of ObamaCare is government regulation of bad health habits, since things like smoking and overeating will drive up socialized health costs. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Rahm's brother and a budget advisor to the president, confirmed this in a bizarre radio interview.

“I mean, we’re all focused on health care, diabetes and heart disease,” Emanuel said on Feb. 25. “But, there’s all sorts of things like the simple that, you know – heavier people – transportation is more, so there’s more spent on gasoline, more on jet fuel.”

Emanuel, a bioethicist at the American National Institutes of Health, explained that it’s not just energy costs, but also infrastructure.

“People have had to change, ah you know, the size of doorways, the size of chairs on airplanes and at sports stadiums,” Emanuel said. “So there’s a lot of hidden costs as well to the increasing girth of Americans.”

Yes, the good doctor believes that obese Americans are a strain on the economy because they apparently weigh planes down more. Of course, most sentient Americans could tell you that fat people are actually better for the economy because they spend more on food. Consumption is a good thing. It doesn't take a Ph.D. in economics to add that up.

These comments would be amusing had they not come from Emanuel. Rahm's brother is obsessed with the idea of saving money by rationing health care. His entire philosophy is about putting cost above care. If Emanuel believes what we really need right now is a crusade against the obese, God only knows what advice he's whispering in Barack's ear. We now know where the idea for Michelle Obama's obesity commission came from, anyways.