13 Republicans Help Pass Trans Fat Ban
Am I surprised that some of our Republican lawmakers – including the House Minority Leader himself – are supporting one of the most radical leftwing bills ever? No, I’m definitely not surprised. It’s hardly the first time it’s been impossible to tell the Republicans from the Democrats in Illinois.
Last year House Republicans sealed the defeat of school choice legislation.
And it’s been House GOP lawmakers who have kept rank-and-file Republicans from having a voice and a vote in their own State GOP. Tom Cross and his lieutenants have been stonewalling SB35 (formerly SB600) for years.
So we’ve got Republican lawmakers who won’t let low income families choose better schools. They won’t let Republican voters choose their own party leaders. And now they even want to take away choices about what you eat.
When it comes to banning trans fats – a reasonable person might say our state has bigger fish to fry.
Why is that I just can't work up much enthusiasm for the "health-conscious" nanny-statism of liberal elites who get elected by taking money from people who kill babies for a living?
With our state on the verge of bankruptcy, this is really what the legislature is spending its time on?
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"How many years will people violating the [intended abortion] ban be thrown in jail for? . . . for how many years will [supporters of a ban on abortion] put people in jail?"
Maybe we don't need to use jail time as a deterrent for everything we consider detrimental to public health...
You don't click on links, do you Anon?
Why not make cannabis legal? If we're that concerned about individual rights, what about a person's right to smoke a joint.
So Michael, is it your opinion that we don't have enough inebriation in our country yet, and we need more?
Is it your opinion that we do not have enough obesity, and need more? That contributes to a ton of a lot more deaths a year than cannabis.
You're pretty stupid, aren't you, Anonymous?
This is not a post about cannabis. This is a post about self-proclaimed conservative legislators voting to implement new regulations on business and restrictions on people's freedom that they have no right to get involved in.
I don't write about cannabis here; it's not a current issue here.
If you want to read about it, I'm sure you can find someone who's writing about it.
It was simply a continuation of a debate that had arisen on this particular thread. It is not unusual for tangents to arise on the comments section of a blog. Sorry if it offended you. Try to relax a little and not be so reflexively ad hominem, OK?
It wasn't reflexive.
Apparently, requiring companies to declare the amount of trans fat in their products isn't sufficient to take it a step further. Maybe their reason for passing the bill was to gain enough attention and to level it up to the national concern. Moreover, I don't think you'll be sent to jail for eating French fries, unless you make it with trans fat.
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