With an ever growing obesity epidemic is it now time to start to regulate food? I am all for freedom of choice and fully believe that people, should, and ought to be able, to make the choice for themselves as to what they eat, and also that they should be responsible for the health they are in. Yet in the society that we live, one of 'it's not my fault' and 'I will sue you for the fact that I spilled hot coffee in my lap', it seems that there is no end in sight to the madness and the fact that society is OK with people who wish to play the victim their whole life as it is easier to blame someone else than it is to realise that you create your own reality with your actions or inaction's.
A little while I ago I happened to be in my car and listening to the radio (one of the few occasions where I am not listening to good brain food) and there was a debate going on as to whether or not Ronald McDonald was to blame for obesity in children... what I heard shocked me. There were all sorts of people ringing in about it, including Doctors, and I would have to say that 95% of them said that yes, Ronald McDonald was to blame.. WTF? Seriously?
It is this sort of thinking that is causing the decay of mankind, not some organised religion or something even less understood like climate change.
So then if regulation is not the answer (as I still firmly believe that I am responsible for myself, not anyone else), and people already know that to weigh less they need to eat appropriately and exercise more and the clearly makes no difference at all... then what do we do? Or rather what can be done?
Well let me answer that with first addressing another issue... all to often I hear that healthy food is too expensive, and that it is just easier and cheaper to grab some maccas or BK (Hungries in Australia), or even a Sub, I mean they're healthy right? They are endorsed by Doctors Inc (in case you don't already know that is the name of the company that own them, not necessarily doctors). So its just easier to get the cheap and easy stuff.
And while on this tangent lets also look at the health system, people are crying because they are being taxed to pay for health care, and believe me it will get to the point in the not too distant future where your government will no longer be able to offer health care as it is too expensive because of the ever growing obesity epidemic.
So back to the original question 'what can be done? Well here is a thought, now it is a little radical, and of course it would be meet with all sorts of friction and opposition, yet if the government really wanted to do something to stop the ever growing obesity rate they would implement this right away, and that is this; put a junk food tax on all junk food, yup I said it (and trust me I eat my share of junk food so it would effect me too) tax ALL junk food. I mean imagine ordering your Big Mac value meal, 'yes sir/madam, that will be $7.95 for your meal and a further $5.00 (each meal) for your junk food tax. (I would love to be a fly on the wall for that!)
Now for anyone out there that has read anything that I have put out you would know that I am not a big supporter of tax of any kind... I firmly believe that the government should be run like a business and if it was then there would be no need to tax the people of their country, yet this one makes sense, as it would be beneficial two fold... it would not only make junk food more expensive (therefore more of a luxury than an everyday event) and with the tax, it would NOT go into the government coffers it would be used directly as a subsidy for healthy organic food (or as our grandparents used to call it, food) therefore making it more affordable for even the people on benefits.
It just makes sense, unfortunately due to the fact that apparently to be considered in politics you need not have a spine (this is how politics occur for me, well at least for 95% of the politicians) it would prove to unpopular and cost to many votes, although that being said it could prove more popular than Julia Gillard's carbon tax.
So as I said, a little radical, maybe even a little controversial, its just that if nothing gets done then the scene from the movie WallE where all the fat people are flying around on hover scooters as their bones can no longer support their own body weight does not seem too far fetched at all.
That is my two cents, would love to hear your thoughts here, remember to share this with your friends, perhaps we can start a revolution, who knows.
Until then, make it a most outstanding day and tell the special people in your life that you love them.
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Hello out there Andrew Hawkes here,
Lets start with the Australian Federal elections... currently in Australia we are in an election year and the election has been called early, due, in part, because Australia's leader was unceremoniously over thrown as Prime Minister due to underhanded tactics (we may go further on that later). Anyway, both parties are on the 'campaign trail' drumming up supporters and votes.. and if you live in Australia there is no escaping it... I don't watch a lot of T.V. yet the little I have seen since the announcement of the election has been even worse than before... why, I hear you ask?
If they spent half as much time focusing on the things that they did want in their lives, as they did thinking that someone else has it so much better then they would want for nothing. So what has this got to do with Oil and who is responsible? Well I would think it is obvious... but then I am writing the post right 


