Illinois Governor renews battle against junk food

[David S]

One more reason why we need less government.

[David S]

One more reason why we need less government.

We need less government so we can stop having more government?

Well, I suppose the latter would definitely follow from the former, yes.

Seems like a logical conclusion to me. 

The big government bureaucrats will be happy to take control of every aspect of our lives if we let them. IMHO we should tell them to get lost.

[David S]

One more reason why we need less government.

We need less government so we can stop having more government?

Well, I suppose the latter would definitely follow from the former, yes.

Seems like a logical conclusion to me. 

The big government bureaucrats will be happy to take control of every aspect of our lives if we let them. IMHO we should tell them to get lost.

Good lord man, Blagevictch just wants to bar the junk-food pedlars from the public school!  In other words return to the sanity which existed a few decades ago.  How does that control every aspect of your life?  It just keeps the corporations from controlling your child's life for a few hours per day.

If the gov was saying lets make sure the kids have access to healthy alternatives so they can choose those things if they want, that would be OK. But that's not what he is saying. He is saying I know best what they should have and I'm going to make the decision for them by taking away the choices which I deem unhealthy. Neither the kids nor their parents get to decide, just the governor. As I said before, tell him to get lost.

The governor is able to get away with this  because he is doing it to kids who are not able to vote. Suppose he told the general public "I'm going to ban all pop, chips, popcorn, candy and other stuff I think is unhealthy so you won't be able to get it anymore. I'm doing this in your best interest because you're not intelligent enough or disciplined enough to make such decisions on your own."  I'm guessing the majority of voters would send him packing at the next election.

[David S]

He's got his priorities in the right place.

Yeah and maybe he can tell you when to breath too.. OK Hugh inhale now... now exhale...

Dammit are there none of you who are intelligent enough and responsible enough to make even the simpliest decisions about your life by yourself?

[David S]

If the gov was saying lets make sure the kids have access to healthy alternatives so they can choose those things if they want, that would be OK. But that's not what he is saying. He is saying I know best what they should have and I'm going to make the decision for them by taking away the choices which I deem unhealthy. Neither the kids nor their parents get to decide, just the governor. As I said before, tell him to get lost.

Since when have kids been allowed to decide anything in this society?

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However I'm sure the vast majority of voters would support disallowing such options for their children.  Why should the voters, who pay for public schools, have them turned into subsidized, captive markets for poison-peddlers?  For those few parents who prefer big, fat, porcine children, they can stuff them with the typical American diet once they get home.

When I was school age I could buy what I wanted in school, pop chips, candy etc. This governor doesn't want them to have that choice.

Opebo you're a fine one to talk. You consider America to be facist because government does not allow you legal access to prostitutes and drugs, and yet you want government to dictate what our kids can eat. It seems to me that you only want government policies imposed on others and not yourself. Stick everyone else with high taxes and government regulations but not yourself.