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- I like the law, but here's the only problem with it. What do you do in areas like Coney Island, Rockaway, Lower Manhattan and Williamsburg where there are high rise apartment complexes in the flood zone?
- @sburgernutr
I actually should have put this in my last post. A measure that would have been more effective is to make restaurants post beverage sizes (by ounce) and calorie counts for each size. The real reason why the Food & Beverage industry are against such a measure is that they are actually charging you more for less beverage. What the industry never told you is that they've been decreasing the size of beverages for years but not decreasing the price. A bottle of soda used to be 20oz... now its 16.9oz. The size of a half gallon of Tropicana used to be 64oz... now its 59oz. The large cup at McDonalds used to be 32oz... now its 28oz. The industry wants us to think that we're getting "value" for these drinks but we're really not.
Also, its time to stop this notion that the industry is "forcing" you to buy their products. NO THEY ARE NOT!!! Once I realized that a "small" at the movie theater was a quart of soda and a week's worth of popcorn, I stopped buying at the concession stand. I used to buy a bottle of soda but realized that I never finished it - so I stopped buying bottles of soda. Key phrase here - "I STOPPED BUYING." One glorious day, Americans will realize that you don't need to consume everything corporations give you.
Stop being distracted by the nonsense and start paying attention to what's going on, including what you are putting in your mouth.
- As an African American who drinks soda, my only problem with the large soda ban is that it really doesn't do what the law intends: encourage people to drink less sugary drinks. The fact that you will still be able to get a Big Gulp or buy a beverage at a food establishment that has ten times the sugar content as soda BUT is made up of 51% milk really diminished the viability and effectiveness of the law.
First, I agree with the first caller. Obesity rates in the US began to increase with the production of corn syrup. The food industry used cane sugar for decades - then HCFS was invented, which costs 1/10 of the price of sugar. The corporations never looked back.
Second, the smoking ban did not get people to quit. This is one of the biggest myths going. The smoking ban just moved smokers from inside bars and restaurants to the sidewalks. That's it!
- Whenever there's a discussion about education, we need to start talking about the high costs of administration. Money is continually being stripped from the classroom (teachers and students) yet the number of Directors, Coordinators, Consultants, Public Relations and other non-educational positions continue to increase.
- @Bonn: All Supreme Court justices have done writings outside of the Court and do appearances. C-Span covers many of those public discussions with SCOTUS members.
- To caller Jose:
Critical thinking creates moral and ethical questions. And the problem for the anti-critical thinking crowd is that such mind analytics will discredit the status quo.
- So I guess most of you won't be food shopping at all if you won't shop at a grocery store that isn't in business to profit and doesn't provide adequate health insurance for its employees.
- @Dee and @Ames - It depends on what you buy at WF. The milk at WF is actually cheaper than it is in my neighborhood. But other products - like chicken and meats - are WAY more expensive. I've learned to save $$$ by shopping at a variety of stores and using weekly ads. Also, I only really shop at WF if its something I can't find in a local store.
- I love shopping at whole foods, but it exists to make a profit. any business makes a profit. Who is he kidding! But I will say, that in order to make profit, Whole Foods understands that they have to be different from their competitors - and they do so by offering a better shopping experience and selling higher quality products.
- "Armed guards is the most sensible and simplest solution."
President Reagan was surrounded by armed Secret Service and it never stopped John Hinckley.
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