The Right to Choose Imagine going to a restaurant and being forced to order a certain food item. How would that make you feel? Nowadays the government is taking part in our decisions of food choices. But, should not that be a choice made by us? Many schools have already cut down portion sizes and changed their menu to one not appealing to all. The intent of this is to encourage healthier eating and reduce the size of the obese population. Government regulation on food distribution is not a positive solution in many eyes because it will decrease the amount of food sales, contradict our right as a people to make our own decisions, and bring about an angrier population. The government should not be able to influence our food choices because
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Alice Park, who wrote an article on New York’s decision to ban large soft drinks, stated “Among those critical of the measure is New Yorkers for Beverage Choices, a coalition of individuals, companies, and other groups that says it has collected more than 250,000 signatures from New Yorkers who feel that the new policy unfairly impinges on their right to choose what they drink.” Conclusively, many citizens of this country agree that we can and should be able to make our own decisions. The right to choose if our own; therefore, we do not require assistance from the government in making these choices. Subsequently, given these inquisitive actions take place by the government, it will assuredly up bring a population of angry …show more content…
“Passage of the measure provoked aggravation among some free-enterprise groups, who saw it as another unnecessary government intrusion into private decision-making” (Rosenbloom). Once a figure steps in and generates regulations, it brands those who are structured to be unhappy and desire to be free. As the government steps in to control aspects of human lives, humanity will simply just want the contrary even more and this can lead to unwanted behavior, bringing much more issues. No beneficial purposes will come of
Alice Park, who wrote an article on New York’s decision to ban large soft drinks, stated “Among those critical of the measure is New Yorkers for Beverage Choices, a coalition of individuals, companies, and other groups that says it has collected more than 250,000 signatures from New Yorkers who feel that the new policy unfairly impinges on their right to choose what they drink.” Conclusively, many citizens of this country agree that we can and should be able to make our own decisions. The right to choose if our own; therefore, we do not require assistance from the government in making these choices. Subsequently, given these inquisitive actions take place by the government, it will assuredly up bring a population of angry …show more content…
“Passage of the measure provoked aggravation among some free-enterprise groups, who saw it as another unnecessary government intrusion into private decision-making” (Rosenbloom). Once a figure steps in and generates regulations, it brands those who are structured to be unhappy and desire to be free. As the government steps in to control aspects of human lives, humanity will simply just want the contrary even more and this can lead to unwanted behavior, bringing much more issues. No beneficial purposes will come of