You need to balance this against the health costs which overweight and obese Kiwis will need to pay under a future National government out of their own private pocket. Why do you think that Collins made already overtures saying being overweight is the individuals responsibility? Surely only to be able to put - if & when in government - the knife to the health budget. Fat people need to pay for their own healthcare if & when National comes back into power ... hey it is their own fault!
See - creating fears goes both ways, my claim above about big people under National loosing their public health cover is as true as your claim about the wealth tax und Labour :p; On a second thought - I think it is much more likely National will cut the health cover for big people than that Labour would go with the Greenies wealth tax. Collins would need to implement her austerity program somewhere, and what would make more sense for her than asking the people creating the problem (being overweight) to pay for the consequences by themselves?
By the way - Collins is offending with her thoughtless attacks against overweight people the majority of all New Zealanders. While she might have a point (to a degree), she clearly did not think through the consequences of what she said.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...ng-experts-say