Lloyd Wants to be your Mommy

Lloyd "The Bachelor" Levine is at it again. Must he be our mommy? Friday he will throw his weight behind legislation to give tax credits to employers who pay for fitness programs for their employees.

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As someone who is dedicated to improving his own fitness, having lost 150 pounds since last summer, I am all for working out. As a senior manager who is looking for ways to develop and retain our company's staff, a wellness program is an excellent investment for a firm in it's number one asset - it's employees.

But we don't need Lloyd Levine to make it happen. This is nothing more than a gift to the fitness industry. Again, this is not a proper role of government.

Lloyd doesn't seem to get that. As the patron saint of the nanny state, the guy who dates TV reporters and tries to go on game shows wants to run your life. He's also running for State Senate in what will be a bruising primary battle. So he needs the jack and the juice to beat back a formidable opponent in the form of Fran Pavley.

An article in the Sacramento Bee demonstrates that this old, dead Republican mayor isn't the only one who is troubled by Levine's liberal do-gooding and government babysitting:

Critics brand the Los Angeles County lawmaker, son of a political consultant, as a flaming liberal and aggressive self-promoter whose legislation, such as the light bulb bill, tends to exacerbate "nanny government" by overregulating private matters.

Assemblyman John Benoit, R-Palm Desert, said he likes Levine but that some of his bills "definitely go over the line into managing people's lives beyond what I think is appropriate."

Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, R-Lancaster, said Levine is trustworthy and competent but that banning the common light bulb is silly, adding, "I don't mind telling him that.

Radio hosts John and Ken take "Colostomy Bag" Levine to task for another one of his nanny state projects, mandatory spaying and neutering of pets. Click here to listen.

The bottom line is if people want to work out great. If employers (and many do) want to provide fitness as a benefit even better.

We don't need Lloyd or any other politician to make that happen for us.