Monday, August 10, 2015

Issue 652 Not the Government's Business August 10, 2015

Is it the government's business to know who we love? Is it their business to know what we eat?  I say no.  Here is my list of things the government should stay out of.

Get out of my Business "G"-man:  My list:
1) Education:  What a child learns is up to the parents.  Sure they can send their kids to school, but that is their decision, in the same way it is their decision to homeschool their child or give them a religious education.  As such, any form of education is allowable including religious.  So long as the kids grow up healthy, and are able to fend for themselves, there is no reason for the government to be involved.

2) The Bedroom: For years the government has poked its nose into people's business in the confines of the home to strike at gays, and other people for their "sexual practices" or fetishes.  But that has got nothing to do with the government if the adults involved are consenting.  

3) Marriage:  Love is not something a government bureaucrats can license.  As such, you do not need a marriage license to be married in the first place.  So cut the crap and stay out of people’s love life government.

4) Medicine:  With Obama Care, all of our medical data is capable of being looked at.  They decide what is covered and what is not when government is involved.  And the insurance companies use that to their advantage.  We are blocked from buying health care across State lines, and even across country borders.  Where is our freedom to buy into the health services we want, and get the medicine covered that we need?  That’s right, the government is blocking the way, so they again need to butt out.

5) Food: So it is now some dummies job in government to protect us from too much salt in our diet.  It’s their "job" to tell us not to drink sugary drinks?  I can understand if you are on welfare for that is not your money but the governments, but telling everyone else they can't have a soda of a certain size, or add a little extra salt.  Give me a break.  We should be able to eat whatever we want, so butt out government.

6) Drugs:  Umm, the drug war?  Yea, we lost.  It eats up money and makes people into criminals. On top of that, some of those drugs if researched can lead to cures and drugs with less side effects.  Also, let us not forget prescription drugs.  If you do not have a prescription, you cannot get (potentially) the medicine that you need.  So we should be able to buy any Rx that we want as well, but government does not want that for some reason.  They do not want you asking the pharmacist if they can use other medicines without permission.  They do not want doctors to prescribe what they don't want you taking thanks to the FDA and their rules and regs on how long drugs can be on the market, and which ones can be sold.  But last I checked, it is our health in jeopardy.  Our wallets that pay.  It is our decision on what to do with our bodies, so government, get out of my darn way.


Conclusion:  As you can tell, the government interferes a lot.  Sure some of these you may disagree with, but unless you are hurting someone else, is it our business to worry about others?  The answer is no, whether we like it or not.  But it is something we must live with.  So at the very least, on the ones we agree on, let's kick the government to the curb.

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