Old Ridge Runner
Mayor
The protecting of private property rights and enforcing contracts is a part of the government duties that they do not do.
Taxpayer funded ad campaigns against sodas and junk food.
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Old Ridge Runner
Mayor
It does not.
degsme
Council Member
Well that's a legitimate question. Except that using the cigarette example, the research on this shows that in fact it does work. Not perhaps as effectively as some claim, but it does work.
Why else would companies spend tens of billions of dollars doing such information blitzes on the opposite side as well?
fairsheet
Senator
We (most) all know now, that healthy calories cost (at point of sale) 3-4x what "bad" calories cost. That's why (praise the Lord!) it's rare to hear the old hate angle around how fat poor people are. We know why a lot of poor people are fat. It's because they can't afford the food they SHOULD be eating.
On the other hand, there are millions of Americans who CAN afford the more expensive "good calories", but they choose to go with the less expensive (at point of sale) bad calories. The consumption of bad calories imposes a profound cost on our socioeconomy. When the fellow who goes cheap and buys the bad calories gets fat, he forces me to absorb his bad-health costs. That's radical socialism.
If by spending pennies to convince him of a better way, I can save dollars - I'm all for it.
On the other hand, there are millions of Americans who CAN afford the more expensive "good calories", but they choose to go with the less expensive (at point of sale) bad calories. The consumption of bad calories imposes a profound cost on our socioeconomy. When the fellow who goes cheap and buys the bad calories gets fat, he forces me to absorb his bad-health costs. That's radical socialism.
If by spending pennies to convince him of a better way, I can save dollars - I'm all for it.
Citizen
Council Member
& yet the cons are fine with insurance companies robbing us or not giving us coverage for bad health, when the company ads that we are bombarded with shape our buying & eating habits.
Look how many people still smoke. & If the government hadn't stepped in, would there still be Doctors & tobbacco funded scientists telling us smoking IS GOOD for us?
Look how many people still smoke. & If the government hadn't stepped in, would there still be Doctors & tobbacco funded scientists telling us smoking IS GOOD for us?
RedCloud
Mayor
Can't add to that, Fair. Good post.
Yes. Take a breath, people. It's an ad campaign. They aren't forcing anyone to eat or drink, or not eat or drink, anything. Want to eat buffalo chips? Go right ahead. But the government putting out an ad that says that eating buffalo chips is a bad idea, because they're buffalo excrement, isn't hurting you any.
Huskyoverlord
Council Member
can't change stupidity or choice , no matter how hard you try to push what doctors say is good for you this week. Maybe because the powers that be are full of crap.
degsme
Council Member
Um Husky you can change stupidity - its called education. Same with "choice". The best example might be the great progress that has been made in how people consider the capabilities of women and minorities.
888888
Council Member
you mean like the ones business always seem to break, claiming they can't compete so the contracts they have made are thrown out. Where business like airlines transfer their wealth to another business set up to manage the assets and makes the airline part of it to rent and pay fees to the parent company and then are allowed to go into bankruptcy because of it. Those contracts Runner?
No, of course not. It's not the business of the federal government to attempt to control what we eat. If they wanted to do something good then they should require that more info on calorie counts and fat content, etc be provided with food products so people can make their own decisions.
I get a kick out of the Chantix ads. They go through a 10 minute disssertation on all the possible side effects from using the stuff. Your chances of dying from lung cancer from smoking are much less than your chances of getting headaches, chronic coughing, neuritis, heart disease, diariaha, constipation, blurred vision, loss of hearing, weird dreams, wet dreams, suicidal thoughts, blackouts, congestion, runny nose, impotence, or loss of equalibrium, from using Chantix.
Final Warning: If you die, stop using Chantix immediately.
Final Warning: If you die, stop using Chantix immediately.
Old Ridge Runner
Mayor
8,
Where do the companys go when they file bankrupcy and to get rid of their debt and contract obligations? Don't they go to the courts (government)? Therfore, isn't it the government that determines the outcome of a bankruptcy petition?
Spamature
President
LOL !!!
Yeah what business does the govt have in sticking their noses into what we eat. How about we fire all the food inspectors too, while we are at it ?
