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So, basically you're suggesting massive scale nanny-statism. Do we really want a world where government can tell us what to eat and not to eat, what we can smok

So, basically you're suggesting massive scale nanny-statism. Do we really want a world where government can tell us what to eat and not to eat, what we can smoke and not smoke (etc)? What if instead of being reactionary and waging another war (War on Drugs, War on This, War on That), we step back and think about what caused this phenomenon in the first place. Cereal, junk food, cheap low-quality meat all point towards the same culprit: farm subsidies - esp. corn and soybeans. It's time we phase them out and start eating real food again.

Renaud 12y ago
There are things that regulation can do that go counter to what the market want. Forbidding snack and soda vending machines in schools, mandating healthy and balanced meals in school's cafeterias, making it mandatory for kids to receive an education on food that allows them to understand their choices, ... There doesn't need to be a lot of regulation. At least just enough to protect and educate kids to become better informed adults.
billmalarky 12y ago
"farm subsidies - esp. corn and soybeans. It's time we phase them out and start eating real food again." I'm open to many solutions, this included.
- JoeAltmaier 12y ago
  They'll be replaced by crop insurance. Different math; same result. Anyway the solution to diet isn't to fool with the supply; its to change folk's ideas about food.