No! Like the government needs More control over us! And what are we going to go to jail if we have seconds at a buffet? They already have power over where we can live what we can buy, At least we have the power to CHOSE what we eat for now! What next america will pick who you will marry?
No!We live in the USA and have freedom of choice that's one of the the things that's so great about our country. What is with this new Democratic government we have in power now. Can;t wait until we have a new election because our votes will not go to the Democrats! I find them very scary for the first time in my life! I feel things are being done when we Americans are asleep at night and we can't do a thing about it. We poor Americans Our poor Country and our Freedom of Choice. Wake up Congress and the Senate don't be taken over act for we people...
The Government has NO right, repeat NO right, to tell me what I can and can't eat. When they control my health care, then they can tell me what to eat (watch for that, may not be too far away). It's a capitalistic society that we live in and I have the choice to eat 40,000 calories a day if I want to. Now, I should have to pay the bill for my surgery, weight loss programs, health care expenses, etc., BUT I have the right to eat as I please. Atleast for another day...
NO! Government should not dictate US what should we eat! Where are our freedom?. I thought we live in America? Unless America is turning into a communist country.
This response is not limited to the aforementioned question, since I am just about fed up w/ government dictating, approving the use of advanced technology to include the general population invading persons privacy and so. Our society is spinning so fast that people are to dizzy to see the larger picture and what all this is leading to. Ultimately, I see a future that exist in one of those futuristic sci-fi movies where all humanity, emotions, and freedom are banned. As well anyone living a lifestyle independant of what will be deemed acceptable by the a dictatorship democracy, if you could call it that, being extinguished and or sent to a lab for re-programming. We are headed back in history similar to when the archbishop had absolute authority to declare anyone he chose to be a hieratic simply because they were not an aristocrat's. WAKE UP PEOPLE,LET'S UNITE AND PUT AN END TO ALL OF THIS BEFORE IT GOES ANY FURTHER AND IT'S TO LATE. WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON WHAT ADVANCEMENTS WE ARE BEING AFFORDED THAT WE ARE BLINDED TO HOW VULNERABLE WE ARE MAKING OURSELVES TO BECOMING VICTIMS TO A DICTATORSHIP WORLD RUN BY LUNATICS NOT GOVERNMENT.
I don't think so. Some food recipes include salt among other spices to be added during preparation and cooking, when one adds it to the meal after preparation, the taste is somewhat distorted. The government controls enough, it's not their business to control salt content in our food. What are they going to attempt next? Seriously....what the heck??
NO! Although salt doesnt need to be added to food and probably shouldnt be added, if the government can force chef's to not at salt where will it end? Once we give the government a little bit of lead way they will snatch up more. If we allow them to pass this bill, more bills will soon follow until there is no freedom left.
First of all, I personally think that even though the government would dictate what we eat, shouldn't make a difference if isn't dictate. Now we're in modern days and we cannot allow government from adding salt to food when we humans and we all have different manners of liking food; whether with salt or non-salt. Also what government is doing is something out of our consent which we should not be grateful of. WEll, I hope this info would help to you readers.
Really? Restricting what we eat? I know we don't eat as healthy foods as we should, but dictating what we eat? Last time I checked, this was a democracy.
NO! We should be able to eat what we want. Even if the government did make us eat certain stuff, they'd probably make us skinny by feeding us space food. I'd sooner die.
No. This is really out of control. They will never stop until they become total despots . They can try, but I sense massive civil disobedience in our future.
In general terms, the government should not dictate what we eat. In the case of NY, the whole salt situation is actually a nice idea. As a consumer, greater power of choice is an advantage.
No way! They torture us enough they should back off and give us some freedom! They should worry about people WHO HAVE NOTHING TO EAT!!!! Not those who are rich, healthy and who can look after themselves. Maybe fat people but not unless they agree first!
It should not be a bill passed just common sense to allow people to exercise their own rights. Ie chef should not add salt to food making it the choice of the consumer and if so make the consumer aware that these meals contain salt and will be up to the consumer to purchase it or not. At the same time we do not need government to dictate either like it is not a right that we already have!
To sum it all up, this is more reason why consumers who choose to eat out inquire about what they are eating before even going there to eat or asking questions about the meal before ordering. Becoming aware and by doing so exercising their rights. Why ban the chef of rights to flavor food the way they choose to as long as it is not harmful of things that are on recall or whatever new viruses and bacteria are found in foods and the products that we use in them or to process them. Yes to a person with high blood pressure or any other type of health issues where we are recommended to not eat salt, to that individual belongs the duty to research the meals at the places they choose to eat. Sometimes we are able to ask the chef to not use salt but most of us eat at fast food restaurants where these meals are already prepared seasoned just has to be heated up. It is our choice to choose. Bills to ban chef's using salt wont help the problem. For all that ban the salt!
It comes down to us letting go of the things that are not good for us and not try to twist stuff around to suit us. Better off preparing our own meals.
My answer is that governments should not be able to dictate what we eat. As a nation, we value free will. Our founding fathers valued it so much that they put certain amendments to ensure we have liberty. Sure, there is no amendment that says "Free to Eat," but if you read the Constitution, there is the mention that all citizens have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I feel that government should give citizens the choice about their nutrition. Through government sponsored programs, children in schools should learn what is nutrition and which foods are healthy and not healthy for them. I do agree with schools educating students, but I do not agree that the government specifically tells you, like through this bill, what you can and cannot eat. People should be able to eat what they want and they should also be able to accept the consequences of abusing certain foods as their own personal choice and not point the finger to anyone else if they do become sick. I believe we should have a choice, but deal with the consequences of your actions.
Government has no right to this! We the people should let the free market do its work. We don't have to frequent places that have what we don't want in our food, and we frequent those places that we like... It works itself out, without Government sticking their nose into where it shouldn't be. In this country we take pride in being a free people, how can all this government intervention continue without our rights being violated?
No they shouldnt we don't control everyone and whats the bad thing about fat people? They know right from wrong and obviously they like being obese so let them live their lives happy and thick. I hear on the news about Michelle Obama and how she's trying to help them....michelle shut up it is NOT your business she has kids to frickin worry about myob Michelle take the salt away maybe it will be like when they banned alcohol they smuggled it and no matter what they do I will always eat salt with my food
This takes things too far. It's impossible to cook certain dishes without salting-- they just won't work. But in general, yes, I think there should be options...
Thats a ridiculous bill, now they're just trying to find stupid reasons to put up a bill. I live in New York, and I love it when they do that with my freaking food, they shouldnt do that.
Well, I don't think the Government should dictate what we should eat, I think we all should have the right to choose our own food, but hazardous or bad food should be monitored carefully or banned.
Only specific things, like trans-fat or other ingredients that have a serious and negative health affect should be banned. The government, in regards to salt, isn't dictating what we eat, as the question is a "loaded-question". It's just stating that consumers should be given the choice. So, Should Governments be able to dictate that the consumer should dictate what we eat is more appropriate.
People should be allowed to choose whatever foods they would like to buy and eat, Healthiness is left to each individual person to decide for themselves.
In this particular case - No
Salt is a nontoxic food additive. I'm pretty sure that leaves it up to the choice of the cook if they choose to add it or not. A law banning chefs from adding a normal food product to their foods is absurd and unjustified seeing as it is normal practice to use salt in food. If someone doesn't want salt cooked in their food they should ask for it that way when they order as it is their preference.
This ban seems to encourage systems where people ARE given the choice. In this case, of how much salt they want in their food. If it was already added , there would be NO choice.
On the other hand, I do think that a little salt IS required during the cooking, (for taste) as humans have been adding salt to their food DURING cooking for ages.
Yes, I would be happier knowing there was only a natural level given me and then make the choice myself. There are only two other options, the customer gets what there given with no informed choice or every menu has to add lots of small print noone wants to bother writing or reading. One is a health crises sneaking up on the public the other is as well but with the blame shifted via a heap of bureaucracy.
No! I understand that a lot of Americans have become obbess, but isn't that what our four fathers fought for. OUR FREEDOM is all we have. And we don't have much of that anymore. The government wants to control everything and its not right. They know everything about us already. I think we should have more privacy.
The vast majority of people are a) ignorant and b) lazy about taking care of them selves by eating properly. If you want to rely on the government for your health care you need to pay attention or let the govt do it.
If the country has eating habits like mcdonalds everyday then the government should ban transfats or awful food products not take away our freedom to eat. Just not sell it.
H311 N0...that's suppose to be the beauty of america:freedom of choice and a democracy...if we let the government DICTATE what we eat, then what else are they going to DICTATE...just like crime, once you start, it just snowballs into a disaster, which in this case is, a DICTATORSHIP
Whilst I understand the question, the case study isn't helping your question. Because of increased discoveries of medical conditions, adding salt to a food could cause medical problems with a customer. Because of things like this, chefs in several places must now allow the customers to add as much salt as they wish, and therefore if someone does have a condition which limits their salt intake, they know how much to put on without causing a health risk.
And the governments are biased towards healthier eating nowadays as obesity is becoming an increased risk in modern day society. They are only proposing bills such as the one you mentioned because of health & safety issues.
How would I never know how the dish should taste? I believe only the chef knows exactly how the his preparations should taste. It is up to me to say if I agree or not. Maybe chefs should just leave all the ingredients on the table and allow the patrons to season it all to taste (being sarcastic there).
I love the word dictate - reminds me of dictator, which is the worst kind of government, right?
So I guess the government should not be allowed to dictate at all. I think the government continues to overstep its boundaries.
Uh, hello the government already dictates what we eat. Just try to read the labels on packaged food, or look up genetically modified food. Most of our fruits and vegetables have been spliced with genes from animals, plants and God only knows what else. Do you really want to know what is in your hamburger or your boneless, skinless chicken breast you pay premium dollars for to be more health conscious. Ever notice how many men and young boys are getting breasts. The food we eat today is toxic. Approved by the FDA, which is a government organization. We have a lot more to worry about than salt being added to our food.
I think that the proposed bill is acceptable, as it doesn't dictate what we eat, it gives us th freedom to choose the salt content of our food, however, for governments to for instance, ban certain foods, that would be unacceptable. We should have the freedom to eat what we like!
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Yes the government is the supreme being in our lives and should be able to decide not only what we eat,but when and where we eat also, Lets stop complaining about uncle sam all the time,hes trying his best,I mean,do you complain as much about how your parents raised you? We must join together as one collective robot and follow Big Governments every wish and command.
No, we do not need another "Big Brother" law. Where are the rights of the people? These people are crazy to think they know better than we do. Please don't take our rights away. We are setting a horrible precedence. What next Sugar? Meat? Eggs? When does this stop. Don't our lawmakers have better more important things to do? The American People need to stand up and say "NO" .
Well they shouldn't control what we eat, but I think they can advise it like two pieces of fruit a day is advised. People should have the right to choose what we eat after all isn't america democratic? by the people for the people and with the people. Although I do live in AUSTRALIA! :)
The simple answer is no. However, the question is not so simple. The public should be free to opt for whatever food it wants to eat, but the government must have the responsibility to see that the food source is "safe" to eat. That is, it does not contain toxic substances.
The public should be told of the content of their food, but have the free will to decide whether or not to eat foods based on this information.
No because we are a free country if you decide to eat fatty foods and no fruit thats you choice and you have to suffer the Consequences isn't not the governments responsibility to control what we eat. With adding salt people should have a choice we have right and we should use them.
Yes...if a person received food stamps I have always thought there should be some mandate to purchase a portion of fresh fruits and veggies. I always see food stamp customers with a conveyor belt full of processed foods, soft drinks and red meats...the same person is most likely collecting ome form of gov't health insurance...this becomes a bad economic cycle... at the very least the govt' should mandate nutritional education for food stamp recipients..
I think governments should dictate what we eat because you'll never when they may contain poison or deadly stuff like the Mexican jalapeno incident. Besides, salt makes you dehydrated and might also give high blood pressure.
Joshua 969 s main st. Bell fla, 32619 (352) 316~0210 No that takes freedom and kicks it out the door. It should be up to that person. If they want to die eairly then so be it because they choose to eat what they want. It won't help nothing matter of fact it might make it worse. Every body's got to die so there the money spent on death. It might even cost more because there would be people really dieing of old age and every time I think of that it reminds me of prolonged death because they will be in the hospital for a longer period of time costing more tax payers money or government money. So I say NO to the question. The worlds all ready bad enough. And people already think that the government is controling to much
Yes they should. Because they have employees who are employed to serve the public in the areas of their specialization like the nutritionists. The government should employ more nutritionists to be able to achieve this goal.
Yes companies have exploited this area of consumption for far to long and it is having major impacts on government budgets in developed economies, people are being conned through excellent marketing of really bad food products, limits may have to be set on what the ecceptable size range of a human should be. Governments have to much to do with shrinking budgets money needs to be invested in the future of the planet and our energy problems not the health of people that made poor choices
Yes, but should be with limitation. And prior if banning any brand/product a clear clarification should be given with all reasons for such action, as there will be always things hidden and will not appeared to us. Also, government have to protect its citizen even if they toke decision which we think its against our well
