For a century, progressives claimed America could
reach utopia if we abandoned the constitutional
restrictions placed on government and instead used
the full force of federal authority to mold the
populace into perfect obedience. (Reread the first
sentence and let it soak in because it succinctly
describes an absolute contradiction—for
progressivism to survive, the Constitution must
die!) Just when I thought progressives had reached
the limits of absurdity, they broke through to
stratospheric levels; liberals now want greater
control of your diet. After all, the beautiful
people in the art and croissant crowd know what is
best for you. See if you can swallow this.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently
released a study projecting 42 percent of Americans
will be obese by 2030. This was soon followed by the
Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) 478 page report
proposing America’s spiraling obesity rate is not
due to a lack of will power, but instead is due to a
lack of regulation. (This is not tongue-in-cheek,
they are serious.) Miraculously, and predictably,
they just happen to have a menu of new laws to make
us all look like we are valedictorians of Jenny
Craig…if we just hand them our forks. Leftists claim
by manipulating tax policy they can both alter the
earth’s temperature plus help you lose weight. All
you have to do is surrender and believe. Chew on
this sampler tray of appetizing IOM suggestions to
cure obesity:
1. Decrease the number of fast-food restaurants and
increase sidewalks and walking paths through
stricter zoning.
2. Increase the price of fast-foods by taxing
products high in sugars and fats.
3. Overhaul farm policy by decreasing price supports
for commodities such as wheat to encourage the
farming of healthier fruits and vegetables.
4. Encourage bicycling through subsidies. (Chevy
Volt owners stranded roadside between Ismay and
Ekalaka are tired of being the butt of all green
energy jokes. They are ecstatic about conning a
different group of consumers.)
While IOM is pulling the rabbit out of their hat
with their right hand, do not lose sight of their
left. The entire progressive movement follows a
characteristic pattern which becomes clear when you
push your chair back from the table and take a
broader look. Whether it is global warming,
dependence on foreign oil, fiscal instability on
Wall Street, or a nationwide obesity epidemic, their
solution to every problem is always greater
government control. Progressives inherently think
the populace is incompetent, so they have declared
war on self-reliance.
If you are meek and worship government making the
hard decisions in your life, then elect liberals. As
for me, I will choose my ideal body weight, what I
eat, how much I exercise and I trust you will do the
same. I support the original intent of the
Constitution because I just want to be free. What
say you?
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