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The bottom line of all this is what and how much I drink or eat is not government business. Government has stuck its nose into way too many personal choices and are continually limiting or eliminating our personal choices. Government needs to get More..
Yes soda is bad for you but it is our right to drink it. If the government can ban soda what can't they ban? This is only the beginning. We are losing more freedoms everyday.
How is there not more outrage over this? This is one of the most egregious abuses of power we have seen towards taking away individual freedoms. Unlike the Patriot Act and similar measures--which are dangerous on an abstract level-- this is a way of More..