California Communists Strike Again

According to a Wall Street Journal article today, LA city-council member Jan Perry wants to band fast food restaurants from opening in her section of the city. Her reasoning is perfectly consistent with the Left's philosophy that people are not responsible for their own actions. In a quote from the article "The targeted area is already home to some 400 fast-food restaurants, she says, possibly contributing to high obesity rates there..." Did you get that? Possibly contributing... So let's create laws banning some of the greatest free market success stories because maybe, just maybe they might possibly be helping people get fat.

Let's completely ignore the fact that in order for fast food to actually make people fat, the people first have to choose to eat it and then they have to choose to not exercise. We can ignore that because that falls to individual responsibility wherein each person makes that decision on their own, each and every time they eat there. And since the Left doesn't believe that even exists, we can't really use that as an argument. So when we eliminate that, what remains?

Oh yeah, that fact that you can't even support your own claim, and admit with your own words. You want to limit financial growth and prevent the creation of new jobs in your district for the sole reason of making it seem like you are dealing with the obesity problems in your district.

People like you, Jan Perry, make me sick to my stomach. You look at the Constitution (you have read it, right?) and say "well it doesn't expressly forbid me from limiting civil liberties in this way, so it must be ok." The job of lawmakers is not to create laws just to make it look like they are earning their salaries. In fact, the problem of obesity in your district is not yours to solve. It is an individual problem to face. If an individual asks you for help, them help that person.

And I'm sure your primary argument is that it raises the cost of public health care. But here is a thought, radical as it is. How about denying health care to people who are not willing to take responsibility for their own health. Oh, but we can't do that, healthcare is an American right! Isn't it, Liberals? It says so right in the Constitution, doesn't it? Wait, I can't find it. Did I miss it somewhere?

No, I didn't because it does not exist. Denying people the right to choose is not the answer to any problem, unless the problem is "How do we turn the United States into a Communist State?" If people are choosing to be obese and unhealthy (and make no mistake it is a choice for 99% of those who are, its a choice to take the easy way out and blame others), then chose to deny them free health care.

But that's not a Liberal response, so try this. Assign a health care tax to every plate of chili-cheese fries. Increasing taxes is a very liberal response, plus it helps offset the cost of health care. Set a colorie limit, total the calories in each bill (its not that hard since nearly every restaurant uses a computer to calculate the bill) then divide by the number of eaters. If the average exceeds 600 calories, slap a sliding-scale tax on it. Either the eater pays for his/her own health care, or they can't afford to order the item so they don't get fat from it. (Please note, I do not endorse this. It is simply a suggestion to help the Left tax their way into feeling good about themselves.)