Vending Machines in Schools

Vending Machines Vs. Government All across the country there is a battle fought between the people and the government. There are many branches of this battle that have to do with the public school systems. I am going to talk about the battle between schools taking away vending machines from students in public schools. The facts prove this is a ridiculous thing for the government to do. According to school administrators the past couple years, students are eating less food because of the government limiting them to certain foods. The government should not have the power to take away vending machines at schools; if they did this it would hurt the schools as well as leaving students hungry. First, it should not be up to the schools to decide what a student eats. People continue to say kids are to young to be able to decide on what the right decision is to make. That doesn’t give the government the right to go against the Bill of Rights. According to the first amendment, we, as Americans, have the right to freedom of speech, religion, press and freedom from governmental intrusion. This means the government doesn’t have the right to take away the foods people like to eat. I don’t see anywhere in the Bill of Rights that includes a statement saying since these kids are to young, we can do away with the law. Every action comes with consequences, like everything else in this world. If a student is out of control and eating only un-healthy foods then he or she will have to pay the consequences. Just because the student is beginning to become overweight shouldn’t give the government the right to take away the reason that student became overweight. The government didn’t shove candy down the kid’s throat; it was the student’s decision to eat un-healthy. Taking vending machines out of schools is only telling students they are to young to live by the laws of the Constitution. That is a very selfish move by the government.
Next, students need to learn self-control as early