I'm From The Government, And I'm Here To Help; Put Down That Second Slice Or I Will Fine You!

The Leviathan is here, and all we have to do to see its coming excesses is look across the pond at the formerly great country that is now a pale reflection of the pinnacle of Western freedom.
Under Medicare for All, government may micromanage your pizza order

To combat the country’s obesity epidemic, British officials just proposed limiting the number of calories permitted in thousands of foods sold in restaurants and grocery stores. A single-serving pizza would be allowed a maximum of 928 calories. A savory pie, no more than 695.

Invasive measures like these might sound like the stuff of a totalitarian dystopia. But when the government foots the bill for our medical expenses, it has a strong financial incentive to micromanage our health.

Anyone notice that stupid "Mental Health Checklist" that you may have had to fill out at your last physical? I told my internist to stuff it, that I was offended by the intrusion and I was categorically refusing it. He smiled and said, "okay." But a younger physician might not have been so accepting of my outmoded ideas about liberty and freedom and privacy.

Fight it. Fight it everywhere you encounter it. Insist on being respected, and that includes even the seemingly silly technique of calling you by your first name. Most of you are approaching 29 years of age, and should be considered adults, and referred to as such!

And if someone walks into the examination room and doesn't introduce themselves and explain why they are there, then call them on it! It is your privacy, your freedom, your self respect! They have no right to violate it.

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