At a time when state budgets are in crisis, First Lady Michelle Obama is prodding the nation’s governors to spend more money to keep kids from packing on the pounds. She doesn’t care if they avoid economic Armageddon, but she cares deeply that they avoid a Big Mac and fries.
Hey, wait just a darn second. Isn’t telling kids they’re fat supposed to be what causes eating disorders?
Fox News gives us the skinny:
“There’s no place for politics when it comes to fighting childhood obesity,” she told governors at their winter meeting.
The National Governor’s Association assembles in Washington every year to discuss issues that affect all of their states. This year’s main theme is health care — a topic at the heart of the first lady’s new campaign on obesity.
“If we think our health care costs are high now, just wait until 10 years from now,” she said. “Think about the many billions we’re going to be spending then. Think about how high those premiums are going to be when our kids are old enough to have families of their own and businesses of their own.”
Obama wanted to remind the state officials that childhood obesity was not a problem brought on by lazy children.“Our kids didn’t do this to themselves,” she said. “Our kids didn’t decide whether there’s time for recess or gym class, or our kids don’t decide what’s served to them in the school cafeteria.”
Let us sum this up for you:
Spend money you don’t have to solve a problem that just causes another problem.
Liberalism in action.
Source: Fox News
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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THIS HAG IS TRYING TO RUN OUR HOUSE ? , WHEN SHE IS MARRIED TO A PATHOLOGICAL LIER, WHO SMOKES LIKE A TRAIN AND I WONDER IF SHE EVER CHECKED OUT HER OWN RUMP - A RUMP OPRA WOULD BE PROUD OF
Wait just a darn minute. Obamacare will impose controls on health insurance premiums so how could health care costs rise in 10 years because of obesity???? And there won't be any preconditions so they'll pay the same as everyone else, except those with jobs (except unions) will pay more because they will have to pay the taxes to support all of this nonsense. But I digress.
You can't have it both ways. Either health care costs will go down under Obamacare or costs will go up under Obamacare. Which is it?
She is right about one thing. The kids had no say in whether they exercise or what they eat at school--liberals like her are the ones who make those decisions for the good of our children. And then they want a billion dollars to fix the problem they created.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this responsibility lay on the parents?