We have no plans to relinquish control of our military to the U.N. nor have the FDA and USDA merged into the WHO. Some things classified presently as food additives can be dangerous and probably should be brought under control of the FDA. At the same time, the FDA and the pharmaceutical companies have too much control. Or at least it’s safe to say that their processes and procedures are messed up. I’ll even say something that will make Charlie raise an eyebrow and say the drug research, testing, and approval process does not have the citizenry’s best interest at the very top of the priority list.

About a plan to have us starve ourselves? I don’t get the connection between the above food and drug regulations with society’s push to get people to control their weight and preventative health aspects. Is the government leaning toward more control and restriction of personal freedoms regarding health? Certainly. Where’s the vast majority of the measures coming from? The liberals, those very same people that claim to want to protect personal choice such as abortion. It’s not coming from the conservatives who are blamed for all the other personal intrusions when you are in the bedroom.

There are already financial incentives to not be fat. Life insurance costs more. Some health insurance costs more. Regardless what people say, it’s harder to get a job if you’re fat, darn near impossible if you’re obese and impossible for the very morbidly obese.

Certainly fat people that live a long time inflict a higher financial burden on the health insurance and delivery system. But what is the total impact when those that die prematurely is factored in? First, everyone’s going to die from something. The end of life health costs are the largest percentage for most people. So if a large enough percentage of fat people “drop dead” prematurely, it can actually have a positive financial impact on society. The ideal financial model would be a person works and is productive most of his life, then gets fat and dies of a heart attack quickly at age 65. He therefore imposes no burden during those years when he’s unproductive anyway. People getting fat and dying prematurely actually can be beneficial to society.