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British public health minister wants to call people "fat," saying if they are called obese they are less worried. the health minister believes calling someone fat will more likely motivate that person to lose weight. not so sure about that. >> eating a lot of fast food can lead to an expanded waist but it is creating another problem that authorities can fix by expanding taxes. our correspondent has the story. cheeseburger. fries. shake. staples of the american diet. and leading contribution to pollution in the city by the bay. an audit of san francisco's liter found the wrappers, cups and napk...

Florida voteers. >> no, i don't think and i'll tell you why. the only part that was a tax, and loosely defined as a tack was on cigarettes. and i would argue that is a user fee and if you don't use them you don't pay it and i think it is important to distinguish between my friend here, who opposed the largest tax increase in the history of the state and myself. >> chris: i'm going to get to him in a minute, but you also signed into law higher fees on drivers licenses and on motor vehicle registrations, that -- tax, you said these are not broad-based taxes, governor, 16 million people are drive...

Florida voteers. >> no, i don't think and i'll tell you why. the only part that was a tax, and loosely defined as a tack was on cigarettes. and i would argue that is a user fee and if you don't use them you don't pay it and i think it is important to distinguish between my friend here, who opposed the largest tax increase in the history of the state and myself. >> chris: i'm going to get to him in a minute, but you also signed into law higher fees on drivers licenses and on motor vehicle registrations, that -- tax, you said these are not broad-based taxes, governor, 16 million people are drive...

>> no, i don't think i did and i tell you why. the only part of it that was a tax loosely defined as a tax was on cigarettes. that's a user fee. if you don't use it you don't pay it. it's important to distinguish with my friend who proposed the largest tax increase and myself. >> i am going to get to rubio in a minute. you signed into law higher fees on drivers licenses and motor vehicle registration that meant motor vehicle tax. these aren't broad based taxes. 16 million people are drivers in florida and there are 18 million motor 54 vehicles. >> i understand that. >> that's pretty broad base...

Camping fee, or someone comes to the gate and pay a fee to come in, $6 to park or use picnic area or boat launch. >> glenn: dream come true. >> right. i love the business. a business i love. >> glenn: how much does the state charge when you come to state park? are you jacking up the prices? >> actually just the opposite. the state parks at arizona are raising the prices and some places are doubling them from $10 to $20. we provised keeping the prices and the parks we're proposing to run flat the same as last year. we're proposing lower prices in the state. we have run a number of parks next do...