Cato @ Liberty has a post disclosing the FDA is considering mandatory reductions in salt content in processed foods in the supermarket aisle and restaurants.
All the whining in the blogs I’ve seen lately regarding the return (for a limited time!) of The McRib Sandwich must have had an effect.
Of course, like most nanny-statism, it’s being promoted with scant publicity. Don’t want to rile the troops with their already high blood pressure.
Just another nudge...
Cass Sunstein rears his patient, but controlling head, yet again,, as the Administration’s purveyor of making you move in the direction ‘they’ want you to go.
I’m hardly the picture of perfect health.
But, thus far, I’ve chosen to live my life as I wish and eat what I want. And I’ve paid for some of those choices.
I’m not an idiot and don’t swallow the entire Morton Salt box, chasing it with a bottle of MD 20/20 fortified with bacon fat covered chocolate!
However, if I did, it wouldn’t be the government’s business, anymore than whether or not I wear a motorcycle helmet, seat belt or a condom.
‘They’ just warned us about the danger of deep-frying turkeys, too. Good thing the government is there, because without them we’d be nothing more than drooling idiots with no sense or direction.
We need them to make all our decisions for us!
Morons!
h/t Walter Olson
Where does it end? Or does it? I don't think it will until WE take control of the government back… sigh
Posted by Old NFO | November 23, 2011, 4:50 pmWith fascists like Sunstein, first it's nudge, then it's push, then it's shoot. You will report to the education center in the morning…
Posted by Graybeard | November 23, 2011, 6:05 pm@Old NFO – I'm thinking with gov't it never ends, it requires constant vigilance.@Graybeard – Shoot? In which direction?
Posted by Guffaw in AZ | November 23, 2011, 8:02 pmAnd here's the government moving in the wrong direction AGAIN … just a couple of weeks after a newly-published study showing that low-salt diets actually create health problems."Morons" doesn't cover it. What's the current PC phrase for an EVIL moron?Oh, right: "Progressive".
Posted by Rev. Paul | November 23, 2011, 10:27 pm@Rev. Paul – I agree.Most Americans would benefit from a healthier diet, HOWEVER, the document specifically states PROMOTE the general welfare, not ENFORCE…
Posted by Guffaw in AZ | November 24, 2011, 4:48 am