Why is it?

Why is it that I have the freedom to buy 64 ounces of diabetes inducing, obesity promoting, corn syrup laden soda at any gas station, convenience store and grocery on the map? Why is it that the purchase of raw milk is flat out illegal in virtually every state even though it has been scientifically proven to be of higher nutritional value than the pasteurized, homogenized and centralized stuff that we have available to us now? Why is it that I have the freedom to willfully intoxicate myself with alcohol at any number of state and/or federally sanctioned bars , restaurants or private premises but it is illegal for me to willfully buy meat processed by the people who raised it? Why is it that I can freely purchase "food" items containing a veritable cornucopia of genetic modifications, medications, chemical preservatives, additives and other artificial ingredients, but we can not be permitted to know if our food was genetically modified? Why is it that although we have the freedom to reproduce and raise children we are not able to decide for ourselves what we can eat?
For far too long our government has been driven by corporations to blatantly pump our food system full of products that are little or no benefit to our health and well-being, we are fed a strict diet of denial and untruth about what we are really eating, "Chemical X is fine to eat as long as it's done in moderation". Of course there is never a mention that it's virtually impossible to obtain moderation because the vast majority of the grocery store contains chemical X.
Our health care system is flooded with insurmountable illness and ailments due primarily to the homogeneous fodder that is being sold to us under the guise of "food". We are led to believe that potato chips can be a healthy because they are fried in fats that are high in antioxidants and are trans fat free. We are even flat out lied to about the contents of the products we buy. An item that is trans fat free may actually be permitted to contain trans fats. Items supposedly better for you because they have been enriched with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and electrolytes may or may not actually contain any of the claimed contents.
If you go out to dinner and order a porterhouse steak for $30.00, wouldn't you be furious if they brought you the vegetarian special without changing the price. If you paid $40,000.00 for a luxury car and received a used Ford Festiva you would not go quietly and drive home happy would you? Then why do we continue to vote and promote people into positions to remove our freedom to decide what is safe to eat and what should or should not be legal to consume? Why is it that we have systematically allowed , even encouraged the removal of free living options. We should have the freedom to choose for ourselves what we can purchase to eat.
When government ceases to serve the people and protect their freedoms, it is the responsibility of those who have the power, to change things. If you are a die hard patriot you may recognize this thinking from the Declaration of Independence. I assure you, we do have the power to change things, it is us, not one spokesman elected into office, that will make a difference. We vote every time we buy something, I encourage you all to start reading labels, if you see a special claim on the front, read the back, check the small print-remember, the devil is in the details. Write or e-mail the USDA, the FDA, any Initials related to the production of food and food safety, demand that we be returned our freedom to real food produced by real American farmers.