I’m retired now.  I babysit grandchildren, but I do have some time on my hands, so I would like to volunteer for the Font Police.  “Who (or what) are the Font Police?”, you innocently ask.  They will eventually be part of the new healthcare reform bill recently passed.  According to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, included in the healthcare reform bill was a provision demanding that every restaurant with 20 or more locations will have to comply with a national standard of menu labeling which includes calorie information on the menu.

According to the article:

“”The nutrition information is right on the menu or menu board next to the name of the menu item, rather than in a pamphlet or in tiny print on a poster, so that consumers can see it when they are making ordering decisions,” says Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, who wrote the provision.”

I figure it will be just a matter of time before they send out the Font Police to make sure the calorie information is big enough.  Since I am a former office manager with years of typing and desktop publishing experience, I feel that my talents would be a real benefit to the Font Police, and I would like to join them.  I would also like to mention that after the taxes that will have to be passed to pay for the Obama Agenda, none of us will have the money to go out to dinner anyway, so the whole question of putting calories on the menu is moot.  Ed Morrissey mentions in his article that as a diabetic, he has very simple ways of figuring calories when he goes out to dinner, and none of the necessitate the Font Police!

Please read the entire article at Hot Air.  Ed Morrissey points out some of the problems with what may be a well-intentioned idea.  He also points out the question of federal jurisdiction if a restaurant only does business in one state.  This is a growth and jobs killer included in a bill that is also a growth and jobs killer.  Please remember in November to remove anyone from office who voted for this awful bill.  Repeal and Replace.  Let’s elect people who will do that.