Bigger Is Better. So, Obese Is Best Of All.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/234886
Culture of Corpulence

Look around anywhere in America and the reality assaults you: we are simply too big. Nowhere is the evidence for this more striking than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's color-coded obesity map. Between 1990 and 2008 the country morphs from a sea of pleasant blue, representing an obese population of less than 19 percent, to an alarming patchwork of tan, orange, and maroon, where the stats range from 21 percent obese in Connecticut to 32.8 percent in Mississippi.

What is everyone getting upset about?

For many decades the all the politicians have been telling us that "bigger is better". And true to their word, they have all been working very hard at growing the size of the government as much as they can, as quick as they can. So that today, we have a government so obese, that all it is barely capable of raising the taxes and splurging on whatever shiny bauble that the politicians happen to see. Accountability and functionality ceased being of any concern to any politician or government official a long time ago.

What we are seeing now, is that individuals have finally stopped fighting the government and accepted the lie that "bigger is better" mantra. And the individuals are now applying the bigger is better axiom to themselves. Look at all the benefits you get once you become obese. You are considered unfit to work, thus all your expenses are now paid for by the government. You are singled out for special care by the government. So until our bigger is better federal government becomes so obese it can't do any work either, you now have a free ride on the gravy train.

U.S.Researchers Claim Sending Troops Into Every Home In America To Enforce Food Laws Will Benefit The Country.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6275T720100308
Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, researchers say

U.S. researchers estimate that an 18 percent tax on pizza and soda can push down U.S. adults' calorie intake enough to lower their average weight by 5 pounds (2 kg) per year.

Are these the same researchers that feel it is necessary to lie about "Global Warming" to prove their point?

Let's see, have outrageous taxes on gasoline stopped people from driving? Have outrageous taxes on cigarettes stopped people from smoking? Have outrageous taxes on alcohol stopped people from drinking?

Then I guess that outrageous taxes on food will not stop people from eating.

However, it will show the contempt that the politicians feel towards the slaves citizens that elected them to office.

Aren't you glad that politicians have figured out that the answer to every problem is either more taxes or more regulations (less freedom) or both?

The Golden State Expects Golden Showers Of Revenue.

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/4110-the-golden-state-soda-tax
The Golden State Soda Tax

California lawmakers are considering imposing a $1.5 billion “soda tax” on the economically beleaguered residents of that nearly bankrupt state. State Senator Dean Florez (D-Fresno) has proposed to tax sweetened drinks at the rate of a penny per teaspoon of sugar in an ill-guided attempt to control obesity rates. That would add an extra 9 to 10 cents to the average can of pop.

Like any good criminal enterprise, the State of California can do no wrong. Therefore spending more than you extort (tax) from your victims (all residents) is not wrong. Threatening to break kneecaps (release convicted felons early) is not working. So some other scheme is necessary.

Charging more for food (soda, sugar) is one of the new schemes the criminal class (politicians) is looking into. Their plan is to have an additional tax on soda. Their justification for this tax, is that with more than 60% of the people in this country overweight, the State of California is looking to overcharge 100% of the people. Kind of like trading in carbon credits, but for food. And much like the carbon credit, this tax which is supposed to punish the overweight (but punishes the thin as well), has nothing to do with solving the problem. The extra funds will NOT go into any kind of program to deal with the problem of overweight. The extra revenue (tax) simply goes into the general fund, for the usual porks and perks that the politicians expect to waste money on.

Don't you like politicians who always look for short sighted solutions to long term problems?