Big government leads to ever bigger government

Here's a big government solution to a big-government problem that will lead to even more big government problems that will demand more big government solutions. Utah considers taxing TVs and video games to fight obesity and fund education. The reason people are obese is nobody pays for their own health care anymore. If parents had to pay for their children's health care out of their own pockets, they'd cut out the junk food and make those kids exercise. And do the same for themselves. But if a third party is going to pay the health care bills, who cares?

And if Utah taxes TVs and video games, citizens will just buy TVs and video games out of state, costing Utah jobs. To fight that, Utah will probably make it illegal to buy TVs and video games out of state, then set up police stings to catch citizens breaking that law.

And Utah will use the tax money to further ruin the education of Utah's students in government schools.

Stop the madness! Just get the government out of health care so that people will pay for their own health care and take responsibility for their own health.