My Name is The United States of America and I am a Sugar-a-holic

Imagine the following scenario unfolding in front of convenience stores nationwide:

Loitering Teenager: Psst! Hey! Hey, man! Here's a couple bucks - would ya mind forking over a candy bar?

Customer: Bite me, kid! That's illegal!

Yes, apparently sugar has become so dangerous for the bloated masses that legislators feel the need to control it in the same manner as alcohol - in order to better 'protect' their unsuspecting citizens from harm! (of course!)

So say two fat-cat law-makers from the sunny, bankrupt state of California - who - always looking for new and innovative ways to stick it to their loyal constituents and milk one more delicious tax dollar from them - have devoured an article written by Dr. Robert Lustig and associates from the University of California and published in the National Post.

An article which clearly identifies itself as being based on opinion and conjecture - and not on any formal studies whatsoever!

No matter. Ignoring that tiny morsel, state legislators are - as always - more than willing to further fork us over and dictate our lives! And to shove another rotten tax down our throats!

Gag!

Where will it end? Better yet - WILL it end?

With such all-consuming issues such as joblessness, homelessness - and leaderless(ness) driving us to the brink of self-despair, if not self-destruction - one wonders if there are any elected officials with the stomach to take a bite out of said issues - before they consume us completely?

Instead, they seem most eager to not partake of the bigger picture, scarf up a fat pay check - and feast upon our sugar addiction instead!

And we going to just sit here and swallow it?

Forty four million Americans are considered obese! This number is shocking, terrifying, and downright unpalatable - but the meat of the matter is that taxing sugar will not take a bite out of the problem. Not even a nibble!

This is not to advocate sugar consumption. This is to say that the government needs to stop babysitting us under the pretence of caring - and then taxing us for the privilege!

It's simply unpalatable and completely tasteless!

If they really wanted to polish off this problem - perhaps a heaping helping of education, information, and better labeling would be a good starter - following the same recipe as they do in many parts of Europe and Canada!

But, alas, in the United States - legislators chow down on the distasteful contention that government controls such as taxation and the imposition of age limits - are more savory than educating people!

My guess is that it's a heaping pile cheaper as well!

Sugar won't kill us any faster than choking on more taxes will!

Hopefully, these caring folk will never find out about the unappetizing ingredients in the air we ingest!

We'd all be toast then!

Is it only me - or does anyone else feel a little nauseous?

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