In order to combat the rising epidemic of obesity in the nation, the government should intervene in fast food restaurants by becoming much stricter on the health of the foods they serve their customers. By posting calorie contents visibly on menus, banning trans fats, and eliminating jumbo sizing options, government intervention could prove to be useful in improving the nation's collective health.
What is a good antithesis? In other words, why should we not let the government intervene in the fast food franhise?
Government intervention in fast food restaurant menus would be unwarranted interference in people's personal dietary choices. Moreover, the price of this interference would be two-fold: First, the bureaucracy needed to enforce the proposed standards would be huge. Second, this interference would set a precedent for further intrusions into people's lives and personal choices.
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