Should the Government play big brother?

United States
February 19, 2008 12:39am CST
Should the Government tell you what to do as in don't smoke, or don't eat high calorie foods or should stuff that is deadly to people still be sold and can become addicting but They have to choose whether to buy it and use it or not. I heard someone complain that the government should step in like ban abortion or ban smoking. I say they can still sell alcohol, cigarettes, allow abortion, and gambling but the person makes a choice whether to do that or not.
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@david2005 (798)
• Canada
25 Feb 08
I think that the government should mind there own business and let a person buy whatever they want to buy cause it is there life and if they want to end it faster by doing stupid things that is there chose.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Feb 08
No. As I used to say while working on a degree in Health Sciences... "The role of the government should be to Educate and Inform, don't Mandate and incarcerate." Government programs should help us learn what is best for us, but should never decide what is best for us.