Health Care Micromanagment is Here

Well, it has begun. The federal government has its health care plan and is starting its enslavement of the American people off right.

First, the FDA is talking about regulating salt. Yes, salt. Its justification is that Americans have not voluntarily reduced their salt intake despite 40 years of its warnings that too much salt is unhealthy. Seriously, its justifying controlling our salt intake on the grounds that you have no self-control. I guess next to the guns and ammo now I have to horde salt too.

Our federal overlords are also threatening to regulate our kids' diets more closely on the grounds that our kids are too fat and are therefore a security risk because they can't serve in the military.

Where am I? Is any of this crap really happening? I truly cannot believe any of us let our government even discuss what we or our children eat let alone actually trying to regulate it. I, for one, will not allow anyone else to dictate my diet. Not my doctor, not my wife, and certainly not my government. I will eat as I please.

The weird part is that when I saw these two news stories on television last night the newscasters did not even remotely seem bothered. They did not seem supportive either mind you but they were certainly not against such government control. And, yes they usually show a bias for or against such things depending on which party is pushing the agenda. They are hardly neutral. In fact, I would bet that if a Republican president tried to push the same regulations it would somehow be an outrage to these media elites.

I wonder how much oppression the American people will take. My guess is a lot more. I also wonder if black market salt will have the potency of the real thing or whether it will be diluted somehow to increase its street value.