Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Nanny State Marches Onward

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When the city was talking about banning smoking in Louisville, I warned then that it was just the first step in government's attempts to control our lives. So we can all be "healthier". I am not a smoker so the ban didn't affect me directly. But I knew it was just the first step in the march towards the end of our freedom as citizens. Apparently, the next step has arrived.

A task force created by Louisville's health department is expected to recommend that the Metro Council ban the use of unhealthy trans fats in Jefferson County restaurants.
Louisville Metro Council President Tom Owen, D-8th District, notified fellow council members by e-mail Monday that Mayor Jerry Abramson's office is expecting the recommendation.
The official recommendation to the council will come from Dr. Adewale Troutman, director of the Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness Department.

Yup. You are no longer capable of deciding what you should or should not eat. Only a faceless bureaucrat on some task force for the Public Health & Wellness department can make that determination for you. Unbelievable.

We need to put an end to this foolishness now. It is ludicrous that we will allow the government the power over what we can and can't eat. If we don't put our foot down now, then it will become more difficult in the future to stop the state from "protecting" us from ourselves. It will become harder and harder to stop the erosion of our freedoms. The nanny state must end now. Hopefully the Louisville Metro Council will agree and squash this recommendation.