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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/weighing-in-on-an-airline-fat-tax/">Point - Counter Point: Airlines Charging by Weight</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 27, 2008 at 12:01 PM by Martinique Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">The concept of charging people more money to fly based on how much they weigh is a heavy issue. In this article, Martinique Haller argues that there is no way this can be carried out reasonably. In the companion article, Lindsay Hutton sides with their airlines and frames the idea as a necessary evil. Read the articles and then leave a comment letting us know what you think! Should you have to weigh in before getting on board your flight? It’s true that a heavier plane means a heftier price for gas, so does that mean that heavier passengers should account for this? According to a June 3rd story on bloomberg.com, ”Airlines may start treating passengers as freight” by Michael…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/weighing-in-on-an-airline-fat-tax/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/weighing-in-on-an-airline-fat-tax/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/weighing-in-on-an-airline-fat-tax/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/weighing-in-on-an-airline-fat-tax/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/body-image/">body-image</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>