Another ObamaCare mandate we had to discover after its passage

Hot Air ^ | MARCH 27, 2010 | ED MORRISSEY

[RobinMasters]

Ping

[illiac]

Another “we can’t think for ourselves” moment.....

[bray]

Must feed the cattle properly. Welcome to the USSA

Pray for America

[YankeeReb]

Just one more of the many mandates we have to "discover" now that this bill is law. I'm not holding my breath for repeal or overturn by SCOTUS. It aint happening.

Oh well, it was a great country while it lasted. Thanks Progressives!

[Bronzy]

When I want a Whopper, fries and cola, I know what I will be getting. I don't care how many calories. It is a known that the meal will end up on my arse.

[ncfool]

The CEO’s should announce about 2,500,000 layoff’s and see how Obummer squirms then as the companies right size again. Healthcare will cause many more layoffs this year

[dalebert]

why are they having to post it anyway? nanny nanny nanny

[MizSterious]

A lot of expense and hassle for the restaurant owners, and most people will ignore the labels anyway. Those who bother to read them won’t find accurate information—recipes change, sometimes slightly, sometimes a lot. What a crock.

[HighlyOpinionated]

Keep writing SCOTUS and beseeching them to hear Orly Taitz [or one of the other] Lawsuits against 0bama.

I contend that the QUICKEST and BEST way to end the debacle named 0bama is through SCOTUS declaring him ineligible to be President and therefore anything he’s signed by fiat or legislation to be Null and Void.

Please do this even if you think it’s futile. It only takes one little straw placed on top of all the other straws to break the back of a camel. Your letter may be that final little straw.

[EternalVigilance]

Barack Obama is now your meal time nanny.

[FRForever]

Ummm... re: the AT&T thing... I actually agree with it. Do you know what the provision is? It was an *error* in the tax code.

From BusinessWeek:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-26/at-t-to-take-1-billion-charge-on-health-care-reform-update1-.html
“AT&T previously received a tax-free benefit from the government to subsidize health-care costs for retirees, who would otherwise be on a Medicare Part D plan. Under the new bill, AT&T will no longer be able to deduct that subsidy.”

AT&T was getting money from the government and then being able to deduct that same amount from their taxes — a double bonus. They can still get the money, but getting the money shouldn’t mean your taxes on *other* earnings should be lower.

This was a stupid rule and I’m glad to see it changed. Maybe the price was too high, but this one provision, I agree with.

[LostInBayport]

A lot of expense and hassle for the restaurant owners, and most people will ignore the labels anyway.

Which will not deter the nannystaters. They will then point to the rising costs of government-funded health care as justification for swooping in and telling these restaurants what they can and cannot serve the public. Burger King will become Tofu King and Ronald McDonald will be trying to sell the new Quarter Pound Veggie Burger.

The only thing that enrages me more than this arrogance is the fact that when I tell people about this ("middle of the road" types), they will say how good it is that people will be informed as to calorie count with no thought as to future consequence of their own liberty and freedom. When did thinking beyond the moment and consideration of the big picture get drummed out of the populace?

[mtdrake]

Health care, immigration, cap and tax: Let's tie them all together now. National Id card that records the total calories that you eat on a daily, weekly, monthly basis, your carbon foot print is also recorded and after you surpass the “allowed” limit your will be severely punished. Your thermostat will be controlled, the total amount of electricity that you are allowed to use will be monitored and controlled.

Every single aspect of your life, every single activity, hobby, sport, pass time will be evaluated and taxed based on the government's assessment of its impact on the cost of health care.

[seowulf]

I think if I ran a fast food joint, I’d make it an advertising campaign.

We’ve sell the highest calorie burger and fries combo in town, and more calories for the dollar of any of our competitors. We’ll even throw in a fried ice cream dessert for free.

[MizSterious]

As others have stated, the ultimate goal of these fascists is to control every single aspect of our lives. All of these are baby steps, soon they will be jackboot steps unless we stop them. I’m older than dirt, and I remember the lessons of WWII and pre-WWII. Lots of people have either forgotten them or were never taught. (Lots of people think I’m a silly old alarmist.)

[Rome2000]

Not in favor of a federal law requiring it, fat people will continue to take in more calories than they expend, the law is not going to tell people their daily caloric limits or prevent them from exceeding them.

The chains should test this in the courts.

[illiac]

By the time these fast food restaurants add employee health care, reprinting costs for all menus and packaging, a possible Added Value Tax, and who knows what else, a Big Mac will probably come in at a meager $15......

[riri]

Don’t laugh...a whopper vale meal here in Sweden is close to $10.

[LA Woman3]

Barack Obama is now your meal time nanny.

Ob-mommy.....