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Originally Posted by akprodr
I hope most people would agree that a function of government is to keep its citizens safe. Thus we have things like an army to fight enemies, the FDA to (theoretically) keep crap out of meat, labor laws to keep 10 year old kids from working 80 hours a week. As I understand it, the Tea Party wants to do away with those last two so ymmv.
As people learn about what contributes and prevents disease, shouldn't the government change its rules about what is and isn't safe to eat?
Where do you draw that line about a nanny state? Dunno, beats me.
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the less govt the better, imo. i'm pretty sure they don't need to tell me what i can do to my own body... unless what i'm doing to my body becomes a threat to someone else. so NO. as an adult, i can make those decisions myself. don't tell me i can't have salt (if they're even saying that... i know the part about taxing sugary bevs is true), don't tell me i can't have an abortion and on and on. the children part is irrelevant. because they're children and they need protecting if someone isn't already protecting them. if people want crap in their meat... they should be able to have crap in their meat, but they should be entitled to know what they're getting.