Coming To Your Refrigerator....

For those of you who refuse to believe that when you vote a certain way, you get the whole package, consider this article reprinted without permission from the San Francisco Chronicle, one of the most liberal newspapers in the United States. There are always those who know what is good for you, and they will go to any lengths to insure that you follow their dictates. If we get a national health insurance plan of the sorts that is being proposed by several of the presidential candidates, what San Francisco is trying to do will be just a small sample of the government tyring to get into your refrigerator. Food Police may seem like a joke now, but just wait.

TAX IT AND THEY'LL DRINK MILK
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

We heartily agree with Mayor Gavin Newsom that soft drinks, loaded with high-fructose corn syrup and caffeine, are unhealthful.
But there is also something unhealthful about a politician's attempt to selectively target one source of calories for a new tax - the mayor prefers to call it a "small" fee - to fight obesity. Newsom is raising the idea of imposing a fee on large retailers who sell sodas to help fund the "Shape Up San Francisco" program and a media campaign about the evils of soft drinks.
Guess what? Kids, especially teens, have heard the lectures about "empty calories," but it doesn't stop them from making unhealthful choices when they decide how they want to wash down that Big Mac and supersize fries or a giant slice of pizza. Government could drive itself crazy trying to calculate the societal cost of a bag of Cheetos, a bucket of extra-crispy fried chicken or a sumptuous serving of tiramisu at the end of a four-course meal.
It's a little unfair to single out the big-box retailers as culprits. Young people are just as likely to be scoring their 24-ounce Cokes from a corner store - especially those who can't drink at home - at a much higher per-ounce profit margin to the soda peddler.
San Francisco was among the commendable leaders in getting junk food out of schools. It's going to be much more difficult for city government to try to control what's in the home refrigerator.
This article appeared on page B - 4 of the San Francisco Chronicle

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Anonymous said…
SAY WHAT!?! The government in my refrigerator? Can the government prepare nutritious food for ME? If not they can stay the hell out, except to inspect meat, fish, and other foods to make sure we will not be poisoned!!

SK
1:28 PM
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