TheDC Morning: Feds to forestall fatsos?
1.) Feds to forestall fatsos? — Feeling bad about yourself, fattypants? Tired of making your own decisions? Don’t worry, Uncle Sam is here to keep you from making any more unfortunate mistakes when you sit down to eat. That’s right, the smart people who know how to run your life better than you do are inching toward regulating food the same way as tobacco. TheDC’s Neil Munro reports: “The federal government has a growing interest in the eating habits of Americans for the same reason it has an interest in tobacco consumption, said Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The reason is money, because three-quarters of medical-spending is driven by chronic diseases, such as obesity and tobacco-related diseases, she said… Health-care professionals say their expertise can reduce the federal government’s health-care costs, and politicians say they need professional expertise to curb the growing cost of expanding federal health-care programs… Sebelius deflected questions about whether food officials would mandate distressing pictures on food they consider unhealthy. Tobacco is unique, she said, because it is ‘the number one cause of preventable death.’ But Sebelius did not rule out tobacco-style treatment for food. ‘It has a lot to do with underlying health costs and overall health of our nation … the work around obesity and healthier, more nutritious eating, more exercise, will continue to be I think an ongoing focus,’ she said.” It’s a good idea to eat better and exercise more. Therefore, it’s a good idea for the government to control what you eat and how much you exercise. It’s simple logic, teabaggers! After all, if the feds are going to control your health care, it only makes sense that they need to control your body itself. There’s no problem that can’t be solved by bigger, more intrusive government. And if THAT causes problems, government just needs to be even bigger and even more intrusive. It makes sense when you don’t think about it.
2.) Al Gore wants you kids to get off his lawn, planet — And as long as you’re giving up control over what you eat and how much, why should you get to decide how many kids you have? Just leave that to Al Gore, says Al Gore. TheDC’s Jeff Poor has the details: “In an appearance Monday in New York City, former Vice President Al Gore, prominently known for his climate change activism, took on the subject of population size and the role of society in controlling it to reduce pollution. He offered some ideas about what might be done for females in the name of stabilizing population growth. ‘One of the things we could do about it is to change the technologies, to put out less of this pollution, to stabilize the population, and one of the principal ways of doing that is to empower and educate girls and women,’ Gore said. ‘You have to have ubiquitous availability of fertility management so women can choose how many children they have, the spacing of the children.’” The word he’s being very careful not to say right there: abortion. But hey, empowerment and stuff! To save the planet, everybody needs to “manage their fertility” and have fewer children. That must be why Al & Tipper stopped at four.
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