There are people, who are so deprived of nutritional knowledge, that they think the five food groups consist of pop, chips, gum, chocolate bars and beer.
I don’t have a problem with the government making available information as to what eating healthy means, but that is as far as the government should be allowed to go.
Well said, Jonty30!
I care about the government telling us what to eat. The main thing is that they are WRONG! Their food pyramid or plate or whatever they are calling it now is UPSIDE DOWN and wrong. If you eat the way they want you to...you are going to be ill and FAT!
Let’s take a look at two opposing views that neatly sum up the arguments for each side:
Jonty30 said:
“Everyone should agree that the Government has the right and responsibility to “interfere” with the rights of individuals for the common good at a certain point.”
Maine Yankee said:
My liberty extends to the end of my driveway.
Which is where you authority stops.”
Jonty30, that is the same argument that progressives have been making for over 100 years in everything they do to expand government and interfere with individual freedoms.
Maine Yankee, congratulations. You have shown yourself to be a true conservative and champion of individual rights and individual responsibility. Carry on.