The homeless in New York City aren’t eating enough fiber.
Or so Mayor Bloomberg seems to think.
Once again, Bloomberg’s administration has proven its overbearing nature by banning food donations to the city’s many homeless shelters. Apparently, the homeless need their intake of fiber, salt, and other nutrients to be monitored by the government. Bagels donated by local synagogues might not fit neatly into the most recent food pyramid touted by the FDA. According to Bloomberg, charities should never have even thought of burdening the penurious with high blood pressure from overly salty, free food. It’s not like they were short on food before.
Bloomberg’s campaign to dictate what and where New Yorkers eat, drink, and smoke echoes the federal government’s attempts to micromanage our bodies. We get to choose, but only after the government has chosen for us. American stores advertise hundreds of brands but all products are sifted through the bureaucratic regulation of the USFG before they hit the shelves.
And now, charitable groups and companies with excess food in New York cannot put it to good use.
The mayor’s decision is another symptom of a greater problem. America is addicted to the ever-powerful administration: the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, and so on. The administration sticks its fat fingers into every area of American life, slowly grating away our freedoms. We have traded liberty for warning labels.
Fortunately, we have not sacrificed our freedom in vain. The nanny state has obviously proven its ability to best care for the health of the American people. They’ve protected us from the sinister Amish who dared to peddle their unpasteurized milk across state borders. They’ve saved us from primitive small farmers who sold organic products and turned us over to the hands of massive, GMO promoting companies like Monsanto. And only 35 percent of us are obese. Clearly, government knows best.
Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg, for continuing that mission by protecting the delicate constitutions of New York’s homeless.
