An Embarrassed Massachusetts Legislature Backs Down.

An Embarrassed Massachusetts Legislature Backs Down. by The Elephant's Child

May 10, 2012, 4:31 pm
Filed under: Education, Freedom, Law, News of the Weird | Tags: Bureaucratic Control, Massachusetts, School Bake Sales

Common sense triumphs. Massachusetts state lawmakers overturned the ban on school bake sales. The controversial ban’s guidelines also prohibited pizza, white bread and 2 percent milk. Legislators heard plenty from outraged parents.

The theory is an “epidemic” of childhood obesity is threatening the lives of the country’s youngest generation —and that government bureaucrats must decide what foods children should eat and when. Hardly a day goes by without a new article about some bureaucrats somewhere telling people how to live their lives, or parents how to raise their children.

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