Nanny State to Save Homeless From Food
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Big Government, The Nanny State & A Regulated Society
Big government nanny-staters are here to help the homeless…by making it harder for them to get food.
Under a tough new Fairfax County policy, residents can no longer donate food prepared in their homes or a church kitchen — be it a tuna casserole, sandwiches or even a batch of cookies — unless the kitchen is approved by the county, health officials said yesterday.
They said the crackdown on home-cooked meals is aimed at preventing food poisoning among homeless people.
. . .Health officials said they weren’t aware that food from unapproved kitchens was being served in homeless shelters.
Dear lord, no! Private citizens exercising their freedoms to help people? We can’t allow that!
“We’re dealing with a medically fragile population . . . so they’re more susceptible to food-borne illnesses than the general population,” said Tom Crow, the county Health Department’s director of environmental health. “We’re trying to protect those people.”
The most dangerous phrase ever uttered.
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