War on Soft Drinks

Clearly, liberals are dangerous. They announced their intention to declare war on soft drinks by proposing a fat tax.

From DailyMail.co.uk:

Doctors will this week declare war on America's soft drinks industry by calling for a 'fat tax' to combat the nation's obesity epidemic.

Delegates at the powerful American Medical Association's annual conference will demand a levy on the sweeteners put in sugary drinks to pay for a massive public health education campaign.

They will also call for the amount of salt added to burgers and processed foods to be halved.

I don't imagine the social engineers will stop at sugar and salt. Ultimately, their goal is to control society to the level where people are only allowed to eat products made out of grasses, nuts, roots and fruits. I'd guess that ice cream and chocolate are next to be attacked in the war on liberty and capitalism.

And, I don't buy the "public education" canard as a reason to create a new tax. The mainstream media has been bellowing and trumpeting the obesity alarm quite well, thank you. I also don't think a fat tax will reduce consumption unless it's so high that businesses have to close. The fat tax will just provide a new pile of money for government to grow. Lord, help us, we're on the road to serfdom.

Every time the liberals successfully impose a new regulation, a little slice of liberty is taken away from the American people. The ever-tightening grip of nanny-state policies is, in reality, a cage and we are all being locked in.