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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Government to Require Restaurant Calorie Count

The infantilization of American adults continues. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee is proposing a law that would force all restaurant chains with at least 20 locations to print all of the calorie, fat, cholesterol and sodium information on their menus.

I don't think it's a coincidence that this committee's acronym is H.E.L.P. The government apparently thinks Americans are a bunch of idiots who can't think, act or take responsibility for themselves. We need to be told what we can eat, what we can drive, what credit cards we can use, how much we can make, what lightbulbs to buy, and generally how to live our lives every day. Meanwhile, doing business in America is getting more expensive and more regulated under this Democrat regime.