Doctors will this week declare war on America's soft drinks industry by calling for a 'fat tax' to combat the nation's obesity epidemic.
Delegates at the powerful American Medical Association's annual conference will demand a levy on the sweeteners put in sugary drinks to pay for a massive public health education campaign.
They will also call for the amount of salt added to burgers and processed foods to be halved.
The moves come as U.S. doctors - like their British counterparts - are becoming increasingly alarmed at the growing number of deaths linked to obesity.
The resolution will put doctors on a collision course with Coca-Cola and Pepsi, plus the likes of McDonald's and Burger King.
I've written before about the health nuts coming for your salt shaker, now it's coming true.
I posted previously about the Clinton Foundation negotiating a deal for the removal of soft drinks from public schools by Pepsi and Coke (more than likely at the threat of litigation). Now we have doctors calling for laws to keep we Americans from eating and drinking what we want to.
Oh, sure. It's all "for the children" and "for our health." So they say. What it's really about is a bunch of nanny-state busybodies telling us how to live our lives.
Their excuse is that fat people who over-indulge in soft drinks and fast food cost us all too much money. If they're saying that now, can you imagine what they'll be saying if these same nanny-staters get socialized medicine established in this country?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: The fact that my health my impact what my neighbor pays in taxes or insurance is not an excuse for the government to step in and start pressuring me as to what I eat and drink. If anything, it is an indictment of system of health care that makes my neighbors responsible for how I lead my life.
Trust me folks, this is not a road we want to go down. One of the great things about living in a free society is the liberty to make personal decisions, the most basic among them being what we eat and drink.