Helmet law, seatbelt law, alcohol restrictions, drug laws, etc. Obesity prevention?

Question

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Now, you good people KNOW that it is the government's job to protect us from ourselves, right?

No marijuana, no steroids, no HGH, no ephedrine . . .

The list is long and tedious.

Well, in the interest of further protecting us from ourselves, don't you think the government should step in and control our caloric intake?

It's for our own good, isn't it?

Obesity, and its related illnesses, has reached an epidemic scale.

If you defend drug laws, then you MUST defend food laws.

More people are sickened/killed by obesity than by steroids, ephedrine, underage drinking, and marijuana COMBINED.

Answer 1

No, it's the government's job to provide a world class education, based in free choice and development of the mind in order to provide the foundation for free thinking Americans to make up their own minds.

Answer 2

I agree, since only morons don't wear helmets or use seatbelts, we would greatly reduce the percentage of morons in our population by making these choices optional. However, it makes no sense to allow harmful drugs like Meth and Heroin to be legal.

Answer 3

None of these issues should be addressed by federal law. Each of these issues individually should be addressed by state government. By addressed I mean, discussed and then legislated upon, or not. The federal government should be involved in national security, not personal security, international trade, international highway system, and little else.

The US constitution gives a minimum amount of times that the Congress should meet. The Congress shouldn't meet much more than that.

Our local governments should have greater authority and responsibility. Also, locally the people should keep a tight leash on their local government.

Answer 4

Drug laws are a problem in America. One day America will be free

Answer 5

It won't be long so be careful what you wish for as in cost cutting my employer just offered a bio feedback health diagnostic clinic thing a few months ago we were under no pressure to do it.  (I'm not stupid I didn't do it)  

Now we already have a Health committee along with a walking group.  

no doubt the snake machines will soon be dispensing kelp bars.  

Don't blame the Liberals for this blame cost cutting in the name of the almighty dollar.  

it's not about any ones health.

Answer 6

The only people that should be protected are little kids if anything. If a grown adult chooses to eats fatty foods, it should be their choice. Even if it leads to their death. But people should be warned about the side effects of all junkfood.

Answer 7

This is supposed to be America,you know land of the free. The government is taking away your freedoms.WAKE UP.

Check the Millennium Assembly website, a U.N. Agency and the wording of new Documents, Reports or Meetings they have. Their the launching point.............................and by the way. For the skeptics and naysayers.....................read the M.A. Report for 1999. Look at one name of who supported this "vision" of a World Order. None other than Bill Clinton.

Answer 8

A lot of these laws are pushed through by the insurance companies that no longer want to pay. They have passed a law against restaurants in NYC that prohibits trans fats in the food they serve. Helmet laws and seat belt laws do reduce injury and death, which is good for us, and also good for the insurance companies. Obesity is a problem, but should we be told what to eat? Why don't they pass a law banning cigarettes, even though the tobacco companies pay millions in lawsuits, and the insurance companies have to pay for medical care for smokers? A law banning cigarettes would create a riot, but a law banning fattening foods is okay in the eyes of some lawmakers. While we are at it, why don't we pass a law banning video games, which seems to be a major contributor  of obesity in children? We should pass a law against idiotic lawmakers, but that is an oxymoron, as they would have to pass a law banning themselves.

Answer 9

Only little children should be protected?

Hahaha, that's a rather adultist answer.

Personally I don't think any of those drugs should necessarily be illegal in most cases (with the exception of steroids in sports). So I wouldn't defend food laws either.

Answer 10

Trans Fat Ban anyone?