Bread lines

The goverment has taken over many aspects of our lives.  They have taken over our car companies expect for Ford. Obamacare now takes over 1/6 the of our economy and now has control of our healthcare.  A bad experience at Wal-Mart inspired my hetero life mate to compare that company to the bread lines in the old Soviet Union and Eastern Block countries of thirty years ago. Then it hit me. That food is the last part of our general welfare that the government has not officially taken over. Not that efforts are not under way. I was relating a story this morning to some very loyal fans here at Starbucks about how in New York City salt shakers have been removed from restaurant tables. That in NYC you can't buy a Big Gulp anymore or that pizza companies can't deliver drinks larger than 16oz. These anointed leaders would have been laughed at and ridiculed just ten years ago for proposing these infringements, now they boldly take control.

Could the government or would the government make a play to control the nation's food supply? Yes, it could be tied simply into proper management of Obamacare. That caught your attention. Through the department of Health and Human services food is already being rationed through the food stamp or SNAP program. The federal government could make the argument that to reduce the ever skyrocketing cost of healthcare,  it must manage what we eat to keep us healthy. No more foods that have possible heart disease causing ingredients. No more cigars or cigarettes. Coffee is out, salt, fats, sugar. Without choice or freedom to eat whatever we want, why have more than one place to shop for groceries. What chain in America is near everyone? Yes I am going Alex Jones on you all but who ever thought GM or our healthcare would be owned by the government? Wal-Mart could be seen as so large that it could be deemed important to national security or if it has a bad run in a strong economy, too big to fail and in comes comrade Sam to save the day.

Go ahead giggle at the idea. If you are over forty start to think of what the government didn't control when you where a kid to what's in it's death grip now. When I was about 8 or 9 we were very poor. I remember standing in a food line with my grandmother from the USDA for a free bag of groceries for low income persons at the local community center. That was 35 years ago. The systems are already in place to monitor food intake. The EBT cards that are used in place of food stamps keep a detailed account of what recipients eat and drink. All we need now is a food scare or crisis. Oh man did I say that out loud.