Rush asked the question, "Why is it their business?" Well, I think he might know but he's not about to bring up anything in their favor. After all, this is politics. However, when it comes to health, I don't think we should play politics. That's where I draw the line.

Back when the issue of trans fat first came up there was an article explaining the fact that there were severe budget issues in New York city. New York city was going broke and part of the reason was because so many poor and middle class people were showing up at New York city hospitals for "free" services. For example, how many people can afford an expensive heart by pass operation? How many people can afford lung cancer surgery or other types of surgery for cancer? How many women on Medicaid go to the hospital to give birth? If they want to feed formula to their baby, they will likely be back to get more "free" services for their baby, under medicaid. So, it seems the choice was to raise taxes or try to come up with ideas to reduce the need for "free" hospital services. This is the reason all of these various initiatives have been pushed.

When people don't take personal responsibility for their health, they will most likely end up getting the "nanny" treatment. They only have themselves to blame.