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Quote by: Chancellor  Why is it the government's responsibility to do anything about it? While I agree it would be nice if healthier foods were cheaper to buy than the junk food we love so much (I'll never understand why it costs more to buy organic produce than produce that's covered in pesticides), why is it that certain people have this ridiculous notion that the role of government is to solve everyone's problems? |
Its the government's responsibility because it is beyond my capabilities as an individual to ninja my way into the FDA and clonk certain louts on the head. It is also beyond my capabilities to discipline the offending companies directly. I am not V nor do I believe a terrorist insurrection against the makers of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil would work out so well.
If I really put my mind to it and bought a mass spectrometer and read Consumer Reports religiously I could avoid horrible food in a totally anarchic society. But you know what? That would be a lot like work. Call me lazy but I don't even want to have to think about whether there's something abnormally dangerous in my french fries. Lets make it someone else's job, toss them money every once in a while, and give them a name. Like government. Hmm...and tell them to repave my road too.
Ideally the government exists as an extension of collective will and power so that such business can be taken care of in an orderly fashion. I hate to ask, but if this isn't the role of the government why the hell am I giving them money? What are they supposed to be doing? Twiddling their thumbs?