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The Fresca Rebellion
theodp writes "They can ban the Marlboros, tax the Cokes, and zone the Whoppers, says Slate's William Saletan on the subject of today's morality cops. But it's time to put the brakes on the paternalistic overreaching of the food police, Saletan argues, when they come after his editor's beloved Fresca ('there are concerns that diet beverages may increase calorie consumption by justifying consumption of other caloric foods'), which will have to be pried from his cold, dead hands. '40 states have enacted special taxes on soda or junk food. And the soda taxers are becoming ever bolder. Their latest manifesto is an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, co-authored by the health commissioner of New York City, the surgeon general of Arkansas, and several others. It declares soda fair game for government intervention (PDF) on the grounds that "market failures" in this area are causing "less-than-optimal production and consumption."' Where do we draw the line?"
when we hang the last burocrat with the intestines of the last congressman.
sorry for the shocking opening statement, but the matter of fact is that as a whole, the western societies are slowly forgeting who actually wields the power and giving carreer politicians and burocrats on the government too much leeway. it's time to take it back and let those people know where the limits are.
left unchecked, these government institutions won't stop untill we're back in the dark ages, withe high taxation, no representation and no freedom at all.
disclaimer: I'm an anarchist.
well said....i agree with you 100%