More and more, choices of personal freedom are removed from our grasp because somebody thinks we are in need of being told what to do. This restricts freedom and quells ambition. The intrusion by government has even caused an exodus of businesses and families to move away from California.
I lament the erosion of personal liberty. When a government nanny state gets larger, the individual becomes diminished.
Too many people believe that the pursuit of good health trumps personal liberty. It does not. American soldiers fought for liberty. They did not fight for a nanny state.
Thanks for sharing your idealogical extremes and lack of ability to reason.
Every day, people meddle and intrude. They contrive to tell us what to do and how to live. These are the folks who enable government to do the same. Often, these people become the politicians who blaze the path for this intrusion. With few exceptions, these who intrude are Liberals. Why is that? Certainly, they want Liberal quantities of government participation. I am not a Liberal and I don't. I rarely ever drink a soda. The same is so of popcorn. But I know that many people do. If anybody wants to drink and eat the stuff until it kills them, they have that right. Government should stay the hell out of our lives as much as possible. If you really think that government intrusion is confined to soda and popcorn, then you should really write back and tell me so. But be sure to not reveal your name. You might embarrass yourself.