Feds Embark on Doublespeak Campaign
On December 10th bureaucrats at the Food and Drug Administration sent what was effectively a cease-and-desist letter to Coca-Cola, informing them that their use of the word “Plus” in Diet Coke Plus, based on the inclusion of vitamins and minerals in the product, did not meet the FDA’s definition.
This issue ultimately comes down to one of personal responsibility. Does it make sense that money you earn is taken from you to pay the salary of some bureaucrats in Washington so that they can determine whether a product can be deemed “Plus” or not? Hell, I’d say, let folks keep their coin and make their own decisions. If anything, it’ll cause them to be more cognizant of what they’re putting into their bodies. And if folks think Coke’s use of the word “Plus” is excessive they can write the company letters or vote with their dollars and buy another product.
The FDA’s actions are nothing more than doublespeak pure and simple, and if we start allowing government actors to define words pretty soon they’ll have us believing that corruption and inefficiency are good things.
For more on this, check out our Enjoy Capitalism, Politics Hurt and Who Owns You? overviews on Bureaucrash Social.
