Food Nannies: Who Decides What You Eat?

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Do you think you have freedom? It seems these days that the Government is trying to take that away, even though they say they are giving you more freedom than ever before. By adding calorie counts to menues, banning and reducing salt intake, and adding a "Fat Tax" to groceries, the Government believes it will help make people healthier. The Government says that they are just trying to do there part and are giving us more options. To me it seems that they are taking away our options and forcing us to do what they consider "healthier decisions." Michelle Obama says, "To change behavior, it's going to take the Government doing it's part." In "Myth, Lies, and Complete Stupidity", it says that, "The Government doing it's part usually means force." Which I agree with because we have been forced to follow their rules about how we eat. To me, that doesn't seem fair. Why should the Government decide what I want to put in my own body? What ever happened to free will? Why can I not just go into a fast food place and order what I want without feeling guilty about how many calories I'm i...

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