"Depending on how it’s prepared, asparagus provides -- at a minimum -- iron, vitamins C, and B-6, potassium, fiber, and a trace of magnesium and calcium as well. But asparagus can be tricky to prepare, and it can be expensive.
So, what is a health-conscious family to do?
Well, let’s say the government decided to step in.
A president might say, on some random Monday, “I hereby declare that, effective this coming Saturday, every American person -- male, female, and gender-bewildered -- is entitled to eight free servings of asparagus every month.”
But… how to accomplish it?
But… how to accomplish it?
We have over 330 million people in America (tens of millions more if you count illegal aliens and voter registrations); that’s a heck of a job.
The government certainly doesn’t have the facilities to provide such a service.
No problem, says the president, we will just mandate that restaurants, cafeterias, and fast-food places take care of providing it.
No problem, says the president, we will just mandate that restaurants, cafeterias, and fast-food places take care of providing it.
- The government gets the credit for making some good thing easily available to everyone,
- without bearing any of the obligation either to handle the logistics of the plan or to pay for it.
Sounds like a win-win for the shortsighted statist, doesn’t it?...Read all!
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