I hear all the time about the government wanting to regulate fat content in some food and I'm just curious as to why they are changing things which will alter the taste of the food. If I want to eat healthy I will, but it should be my choice. Fast food has been considered junk food for years, everyone already knows it's bad, if you wanna eat healthy that's your choice, then stay away from the burgers and fries. But if I want to eat a greasy fatty burger I should be able to, right? What do you think?
2006-09-03 08:06:50 · 10 answers · asked by real_sweetheart_76 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
i agree. i don't believe that anyone should tell me what i should eat. if i want to go out and eat the biggest greasiest burger, with the largest order of fries and a mega sized soda it is nobodies business but my own. i am the only person who has to live with my body image and health, not some congressman who is already half mad from eating nothing but twigs and mud.
2006-09-03 08:45:04 · answer #1 · answered by melinda w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The government has been and always will be trying to "help" us. They assume that we cannot make good choices for ourselves. Additionally, the government likes to make money -- so they make up lots of rules that they can fine people for not following.
The cigarette tax is a perfect example of this. I don't smoke and I never would but I think the taxes on tobacco are incredibly high. They are there as the government trying to make a ton of money under the guise of trying to encourage people to make healthy choices.
Another reason that the government tends to take over things like this is that many American refuse to have personal responsibility. If you burn yourself on coffee -- sue them. If you fall down on the sidewalk -- sue them. If you get too fat -- sue them. If we really want to be able to make our own choices, we also have to accept the consequences of making bad choices -- and that, my friend, is not the American way.
We live in a land where freedom is an ideal, but not necessarily a reality.
2006-09-03 08:16:01 · answer #2 · answered by vickijap 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stuff that tastes good is the stuff they say is bad for us..
personally I feel it is our choice to eat how we want we shouldn't be controled by them taking taste out of the food because ones that get fat by eating fast food everyday decide they are gonna sue cuz it didnt warn them..
2006-09-03 08:14:54 · answer #3 · answered by steve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i totally agree! i mean everyone knows that fast food tastes way good. and its not even that bad for you! its only bad for you when you eat to much of it! and who is really going to eat burgers and fries for thy're entire life? i just think that people should be able to eat what they want without being bugged that it has a million calories in it!
2006-09-03 08:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by trek trek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the massive increase in obisity in America. We are the fattest country...They have been trying for a few years now and all we do is get bigger and bigger. And children are becoming OB also which is leading no alot more cases of diabities in young children. and that is not to even mention what it does to them emotionaly.
Watch super size me
2006-09-03 08:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by mysticalmoon1975 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, if thats all there was to it, but hey you are part of a country that has to look after itself, no good you all being too fat to work efficiently, is it?
I mean if you all go and die early through heart disease, you are really going to need all those immigrants just to keep the place running, turn enough $ to fund the army to keep it how you want.
in less antagonistic words: you are part of society, that society expects certain duties from you, it would seem that one of those duties your society has chosen is to be healthy
2006-09-03 08:16:27 · answer #6 · answered by a tao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another fine example of the Bush/Cheney regime working toward a totalitarian state in this country.
2006-09-03 09:50:07 · answer #7 · answered by coffeepleasenosugar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well said.
Remember, though, the issue here is not whether or not proper hamburgers are available (may they always be!), but that the government is dictating our behavior and limiting our choices FOR us.
This is lifestyle censorship, and I abhor it.
2006-09-03 08:15:47 · answer #8 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there are too many fat people in the US and they're making their children that way too. Someone has to do something.
2006-09-03 08:28:44 · answer #9 · answered by pegasus_1174 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its just another thing the gov't controls... we'll never really be free.
2006-09-03 08:08:47 · answer #10 · answered by sue 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋