For the record, a depressed nation = a controlled nation. It's easy to control people who don't see the value in getting up in the morning.
Back to the issue at hand. Yes Uber, you will have buy that candy bar and can of soda for your siblings and I will tell you, in my opinion, why this will come to pass. We can not control ourselves, so Big Mommy/Daddy Government will do it for you. People choose to drink soda, people choose to eat a hundred candy bars at once, people choose to eat at greasy fast food chains. Are the ingredients top notch? No. Is that a secret? NO! Is high fructose corn syrup conducive to a healthy life style? No. Don't drink soda for breakfast. Stop eating fast food for all meals. Dinner shouldn't come from a box everyday. Seriously, someone do the dishes. Let the children play outside. Let the adults smoke and drink and if I want a candy bar, a smoke and drink, leave me alone. I pay taxes so I my house isn't occupied by foreign invaders and so that I have a road to drive to work on, not so that they can tell me what to do, eat, smoke, drink, how many kids I have (or don't have), what websites I have access to and so on.
Butt out, shut up, leave me alone and pass a budget sometime this century.
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