Fast food calorie counts, but no tort reform

By now, you’ve probably already heard of the 1,990 page health-care reform bill being pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her progressive minions. Once Americans have a chance to read through it, I’m sure we’ll find some interesting stuff. I just found an interesting factoid today: Section 2572 will require vending machines and restaurant chains to include calories counts on their menus. Isn’t this a little much?

I’m sure Pelosi and company could easily rationalize this by explaining that informed consumers would buy less unhealthy food if they could actually see how bad it is for their health. This would result in the typical person consuming fewer calories, which could result in less obesity, which could result in fewer medical conditions, which could result in fewer dollars spent on health-care. Got all that? » read more