The government wants to figure out a way to legislate the consumption of salt by Americans. Are you serious? Is this something to legislate? Someone should really have let the American consumer know that their freedom of choice had been revoked.

I love that while they are so concerned about the health of citizens, as too much salt consumption is a prominent cause of high blood pressure, they still allow cigarettes, cheap cigars, and other tobacco products to fill the shelves behind your friendly convenience store clerk. I can buy and indulge in five packs of smokes a day, but I best not be allowed to over consume salt — or under consume, as salt is necessary for life.

Maybe if the salt distributors flooded campaign funds, the way tobacco companies do, politicians would suddenly feel no need to mandate regulations on salt consumption.