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I agree. Why are Republicans and Demoracts/Liberals always reducing choices, reducing freedoms and desperately trying to bully everyone into living life the way THEY think it should be?
Both parties are traitors to The Constitution and to America.
As much as you would like to bring up the US Constitution, you're technically looking at the problems at local levels.
The answer to obesity is simple. Move more, eat less. No laws need to be passed to cause that to happen. Consumers need more education, and the nutrition content of packaged food should be readily available.
Oh - one more thing. People who make unhealthy lifestyle choices should pay for the consequencesthrough higher health insurance rates.
That makes sense and already happens somewhat (with smokers)
People who have unprotected sex, heavy alcohol users, stoners, crackheads, smokers and unhealthy eaters all qualify as poor lifestyle choices
They should all have higher premiums than those of us who are responsible and healthy
The only difference between the right and left is that the right tries to mask their restrictive urges as a plea for morality. A case in point is Missouri's rather draconian strip club regulations.
Real good logic as always from the left...
Regardless, no matter how lame your attempt is to spin yourself dizzy..... it is personal control over peoples personal lives
While you are at it, why don't you explain how draconian the laws banning MMA in the so called "progressive" state of NY.... while every other state allows it
They are essentially trying to make certain size portions of soda illegal. This just sounds ridiculous. And how are you going to be sure that 92 oz big gulp is all just for myself? We're splitting it 8 ways. Chill government.
There's nothing inherently dangerous about being drunk in public, and you're not putting anyone in danger when you're on the corner getting hammered.
So what's your problem w/ public drunkenness?
Drunk people are impaired, careless and sometimes aggressive. Why do you think so many fights happen in bars? Ever drive through a bar district on Thursday night? I've often seen drunks nearly falling off the curb into incoming traffic.
They are essentially trying to make certain size portions of soda illegal. This just sounds ridiculous. And how are you going to be sure that 92 oz big gulp is all just for myself? We're splitting it 8 ways. Chill government.
Eight ways is going to be epic backwash
Though my wife and I always split a large soda at the movies. So instead of getting a $5 44oz. soda we would have to buy 2 sodas for $10.
Drunk people are impaired, careless and sometimes aggressive. Why do you think so many fights happen in bars? Ever drive through a bar district on Thursday night? I've often seen drunks nearly falling off the curb into incoming traffic.
So public drunkenness is a problem that affects society by & large?
The past few years we've seen an increasing number of proposed bans and policy changes that limit personal freedom and choice, all coming from heavily Liberal areas. The most recent being the soda limitations and bans in NY and MA. There's also the plastic bag ban in LA, the salt ban in NY, banning sitting on sidewalks in Berkeley, banning Happy Meals and circumcision in SF, banning smoking, banning incandescent light bulbs, etc. It's seems that the left is pro-choice on one particular issue and anti-choice on so many others.
Do politicians and policy-makers on the left feel we're simply too irresponsible to make these decisions on our own?
Because the left truly believes that they are sooooo brilliant, that only THEY know how everyone should live their lives. They want the govt "to stay out of their bedroom", but they're all for intruding into every other room in the house.
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