Big Gov

Via Hot air.


I love the bit at the end when the guy gets his candybar slapped away.

Though goverment would never be so petty and controling? Right?

Heh, we all know the answer to that one, if they can regulate any economic decision you make then they gan regulate anything you do.

Yeah, that’s the greater worry, I think — that if we’re all necessarily “active” in health-care commerce at all times, theoretically there’s no limit to what sort of further activity can be mandated in the interest of spreading costs. Can the overweight man or woman be forced to diet because he/she is more likely to need medical services? Presumably that would be dealt with via higher insurance premiums, but we all know only too well already that federal pressure on insurers to keep premiums down will create all sorts of inefficiencies, which is where we get into ye olde rationing problem. Simple question: What’s the limiting principle on this decision? Would the feds be barred from penalizing people for failing to maintain, say, a certain BMI target because of the right of privacy or bodily autonomy, etc? Or would they not be barred at all? Where does this end?

And it's starting with Nanny Bloomberg's idea for some fun new food stamp restrictions.

But don't worry soon we'll all be on the gov dole for our food. If not directly then indirectly because they'll be paying for our health.