On seperate occasions, I heard two similar statements were made by two distinct individuals. One made by a caller on a talk show and the other a politician.
The caller proclaimed that people who resist the idea of the government teaching kids how to swim "forget the purpose of the government is to regulate."
Gee all that university "training" and that never came up.
The politician, in this case the poster-child for the nanny-state New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg who said on Charlie Rose (I paraphrase) that " the job of the government is to ensure the health of citizens because they have access to scientific research."
Whatever.
To me, it all amounts to less improving our lives and more controlling it.
Meh. Clearly I'm a minority on looking at things this way.
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If people like Bloomberg had their way, they'd ban Cookie Monster for his role in childhood obestiy.
It's ok, CM, I got your back.
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