Reduce spending? No, silly, this is government!

What will be the largest sector of growth for 2009? Government spending, perchance? Could be. It seems New York faces a budget deficit. Rather than doing what private industry must do, they increase their spending (albeit by a mere 1.1%) and finance the machine with tax increases. (What did we expect?)

Once the government takes active roles in, say, people's health--they are then obliged to dictate what will and will not be deemed healthy. Coercion from above.

The idea is to discourage consumption of high-caloric beverages — health officials estimate a 5 percent drop — and to raise $404 million in fiscal year 2009-2010 toward the state's multibillion dollar budget gap. Paterson said the proposal would raise $539 million in 2010-2011.

Where do I opt out? (Colorado, I hope.)