Posted by
Dave on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:56:36 AM
I'm so glad to hear that NYC is proposing to
ban the use of Trans Fats in restaurants. I've been thinking a lot lately about how our government has gotten too small and has really lost control over the daily activities and habits of its citizens. Don't we all agree that our founding fathers were ignorant fools and had no idea what they were doing. Small government. . . pff! Freedom . . . whatever!
I don't know anyone who doesn't think that the government does things efficiently and effectively. Our federal and local governments operate with zero waste. Every government employee is challenged, fulfilled, and works harder than any business executive out there. It's a lean mean productive machine.
So it's about time our local and federal governments took a proactive approach to control more of our lives. They've long understood that the average person doesn't know what's good for themselves or their family. Just look at public schools - genius. Retirement planning - incredible. The new prescription drug plan - phenomenal.
New York and California are really taking the lead and someone needs to stand up and commend them. Telling people where they can and can't smoke was brilliant. And now telling restaurants what ingredients to cook with . . . why has it taken so long? Telling private business owners what they can and can't do should only be the tip of the iceberg.
To be perfectly honest, I really don't want any more freedoms. I wish the government would tell me where to live, where to work, how many hours I can work, how much I should be paid, where my kids should go to school, what they should learn in school, how long they have to be in school, how much money should be taken out of my paycheck for retirement, how much money I should give to charities like welfare, and even smaller things like whether or not I should wear a helmet when I ride a motorcycle or if I should wear a seat-belt while driving. Man, life would be so much simpler.
Come on people, let's expand governmental control. After all, if it worked for the Soviet Union, it can surely work for us.
Ya'll come back now, ya hear!