The commie government agency THE FDA, wants to regulate the cheese on a pizza.

[Moonglow]

I prefer to know how many calories I eat at each meal it's called weight control. I also like to know the ingredients I am purchasing along with fat content for any future strokes I'd like to avoid..

That’s fine, someone else’s health and eating habits are none of your or my business...

I couldn't care what you eat....I have no idea where you got that idea..

And you shouldn't care what anybody eats. So why should government care what you eat?

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I prefer to know how many calories I eat at each meal it's called weight control. I also like to know the ingredients I am purchasing along with fat content for any future strokes I'd like to avoid..

I find it ironic that the very people who rail about obese people are the same one's who protest the posting of nutritional information and calories on products.

Who?

I haven't really noticed that. In fact, I've seen mostly the opposite.

I don't eat fast food often, but when I do and I see how loaded in calories and fat some items are - it affects my choice.

Yes. That's what these laws are about - "affecting" other people's choices.

Yes. Giving them information so they can make INFORMED choices. Why is that such a problem?

Because government is forcing them to. If you want to know such information and are not getting it, shop somewhere else.

 

[MisterBeale]

Who?

I haven't really noticed that. In fact, I've seen mostly the opposite.Yes. That's what these laws are about - "affecting" other people's choices.

Yes. Giving them information so they can make INFORMED choices. Why is that such a problem?

You wouldn't buy a car without knowing the details of the vehicle and that information is printed in magazines, newspapers and flyers for consumers...

And I wouldn't think that would require the government to pass laws mandating that that information be posted all over the walls of the dealership. Notice that all of the information you listed is provided voluntarily, and people are expected to be able to access it without any government help.

Yes the govt. does make them provide information, one such item is gas mileage on the sales display window sticker...

I didn't know that was a government requirement. I thought dealerships did so for sales purposes.

But you know......we can take this a step further. I think we need a law that every item sold in this country has to have an environmental cost on the price tag. If you buy a car for 20K, it should inform the purchaser that 8K of that money went to make that vehicle greener. If you buy a lawnmower for 400 bucks, it should include information that 100 bucks of that went to environmental causes. Same with furnaces, canned goods in stores, home furnishings, just let everybody know. Gasoline for $2.50 a gallon? $1.00 per gallon went to green initiatives.

The problem we have with environment in this country is that it's intrinsic in the price of what we pay per item. Maybe we should take a tip from the Democrats and use the same tactics to attack their causes.

Boy would you hear the screaming and howling then.

. . . . each illegal immigrant that they allow into the nation and into their sanctuary cities, will add X x 10,000 tons of carbon due to consumption into the atmosphere and will be worse for their climate change paradigm than anything the oil companies are doing.


For everyone knows, the greater the population of the US compared to folks staying in third world nations, the worse so called AGW becomes. . . . .


The lack of consistency of the left is mind boggling.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I prefer to know how many calories I eat at each meal it's called weight control. I also like to know the ingredients I am purchasing along with fat content for any future strokes I'd like to avoid..

That’s fine, someone else’s health and eating habits are none of your or my business...

I couldn't care what you eat....I have no idea where you got that idea..

And you shouldn't care what anybody eats. So why should government care what you eat?

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

That's what you think the job of the federal government is, to protect people from themselves?

Maybe in a dictatorship or Communist country, but not in a free society. Our founders wrote what the duties of the federal government were, and not one was written on their responsibility to tell you WTF to eat.

 

[Vandalshandle]

There were several hidden gems in the 2010 Obamacare Act. I think we’ve all seen how our premiums have taken off, or the fact that our doctors were smart and either went into concierge medicine or stopped accepting your crappy insurance. But now, it seems like the wizards of wellness that were released with this monstrosity want to regulate your pizza.

Yep. On May 7th all businesses that sell food and have 20 or more locations to post calories in a place where their customers can see them. The FDA thinks it’s a great idea for these calories to be put on the walls of the establishment.

Why? Why do businesses have to go to all this trouble and expense to post the nutrition info on their delicious, affordable food? Because the nanny state demands it. You see, the nanny state wants to nudge you into different behaviors. Therefore, if the nutrition information is posted on the wall, you might see that the #2 Combo at Whataburger will probably take up most of your caloric intake for the day. If you have that info, the nanny staters say, you will make healthier choices. Because you’re fat and too stupid to realize that eating that double meat double cheese with bacon and extra large fries is causing you to be fat.

The regulation requires that the nutrition info be posted in stores, which is problematic for at least one major category of fast food—pizza.

Think about it—Domino’s estimates that there are 34 MILLION different combinations available to their customers. The government wants the person who walks into the Domino’s store to be able to see EXACTLY how many calories their 16 inch hand tossed crust with extra sauce, four kinds of cheese, green peppers, olives, and every meat known to a delicatessen will set them back. That kind of info has to be posted for every combination. In the store.

But, the FDA is refusing to look at reality here. According to one Domino’s franchisee who owns 18 stores, 90% of his customers don’t come into his store at all. They either order on-line, through the app, or occasionally call. They. Do. Not. Come. In. The. Store. So, they won’t have access to all this nanny state goodness.

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Do not worry though. The left wing rich white elitists can have all of the cheese they want. Just like THEY can live behind walls. Just like THEY can be protected by guns. Just like THEY can have enormous carbon footprints.

However, the middle class cannot.

I hate commie cheese. It comes from treasonous cows, like these:

 

[Moonglow]

I prefer to know how many calories I eat at each meal it's called weight control. I also like to know the ingredients I am purchasing along with fat content for any future strokes I'd like to avoid..

That’s fine, someone else’s health and eating habits are none of your or my business...

I couldn't care what you eat....I have no idea where you got that idea..

And you shouldn't care what anybody eats. So why should government care what you eat?

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

That's what you think the job of the federal government is, to protect people from themselves?

Maybe in a dictatorship or Communist country, but not in a free society. Our founders wrote what the duties of the federal government were, and not one was written on their responsibility to tell you WTF to eat.

No the govt. is not protecting people from themselves since the pizza joint is not owned by the customer...There is no such thing as a free society....

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I prefer to know how many calories I eat at each meal it's called weight control. I also like to know the ingredients I am purchasing along with fat content for any future strokes I'd like to avoid..

I find it ironic that the very people who rail about obese people are the same one's who protest the posting of nutritional information and calories on products. I don't eat fast food often, but when I do and I see how loaded in calories and fat some items are - it affects my choice.

You mean you didn't know that before the government told you? You had no idea that a Big Mac combo was enough to eat for the entire day?

Does the government tell you how to use toilet paper or what kind of socks to buy? This is just yet another step towards the cradle-to-grave mentality of the left.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

That’s fine, someone else’s health and eating habits are none of your or my business...

I couldn't care what you eat....I have no idea where you got that idea..

And you shouldn't care what anybody eats. So why should government care what you eat?

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

That's what you think the job of the federal government is, to protect people from themselves?

Maybe in a dictatorship or Communist country, but not in a free society. Our founders wrote what the duties of the federal government were, and not one was written on their responsibility to tell you WTF to eat.

No the govt. is not protecting people from themselves since the pizza joint is not owned by the customer...There is no such thing as a free society....

Not if left to the Democrats there isn't.

The pizza joint doesn't have to be owned by the people to realize pizza is not the most healthy thing for you to eat. We have the internet now, and you can get that information anytime you need or want it.

 

[Moonglow]

I couldn't care what you eat....I have no idea where you got that idea..

And you shouldn't care what anybody eats. So why should government care what you eat?

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

That's what you think the job of the federal government is, to protect people from themselves?

Maybe in a dictatorship or Communist country, but not in a free society. Our founders wrote what the duties of the federal government were, and not one was written on their responsibility to tell you WTF to eat.

No the govt. is not protecting people from themselves since the pizza joint is not owned by the customer...There is no such thing as a free society....

Not if left to the Democrats there isn't.

The pizza joint doesn't have to be owned by the people to realize pizza is not the most healthy thing for you to eat. We have the internet now, and you can get that information anytime you need or want it.

There is nothing wrong with pizza and it can have healthy ingredients and it helps to build that pizza if the consumer is informed of the choices and the specific details of the ingredients..
Not everyone in the world has access to the internet..

 

[Vandalshandle]

Yes. Giving them information so they can make INFORMED choices. Why is that such a problem?

You wouldn't buy a car without knowing the details of the vehicle and that information is printed in magazines, newspapers and flyers for consumers...

And I wouldn't think that would require the government to pass laws mandating that that information be posted all over the walls of the dealership. Notice that all of the information you listed is provided voluntarily, and people are expected to be able to access it without any government help.

Yes the govt. does make them provide information, one such item is gas mileage on the sales display window sticker...

I didn't know that was a government requirement. I thought dealerships did so for sales purposes.

But you know......we can take this a step further. I think we need a law that every item sold in this country has to have an environmental cost on the price tag. If you buy a car for 20K, it should inform the purchaser that 8K of that money went to make that vehicle greener. If you buy a lawnmower for 400 bucks, it should include information that 100 bucks of that went to environmental causes. Same with furnaces, canned goods in stores, home furnishings, just let everybody know. Gasoline for $2.50 a gallon? $1.00 per gallon went to green initiatives.

The problem we have with environment in this country is that it's intrinsic in the price of what we pay per item. Maybe we should take a tip from the Democrats and use the same tactics to attack their causes.

Boy would you hear the screaming and howling then.

. . . . each illegal immigrant that they allow into the nation and into their sanctuary cities, will add X x 10,000 tons of carbon due to consumption into the atmosphere and will be worse for their climate change paradigm than anything the oil companies are doing.


For everyone knows, the greater the population of the US compared to folks staying in third world nations, the worse so called AGW becomes. . . . .


The lack of consistency of the left is mind boggling.

An excellent argument for killing our aged.....

 

[del]

says someone who thinks von hayek wasn't a crackpot

One of the central thesis's behind Keynesianism is that "War is good for the health of the economy."

Nice economic philosophy.

Don't talk to us about who the crack pot is.

it's theses

find a keynesian and tell him the news

economists are the second least useful people on the planet

 

[Moonglow]

says someone who thinks von hayek wasn't a crackpot

One of the central thesis's behind Keynesianism is that "War is good for the health of the economy."

Nice economic philosophy.

Don't talk to us about who the crack pot is.

it's theses

find a keynesian and tell him the news

economists are the second least useful people on the planet

Next to IT techs and management..

 

[del]

says someone who thinks von hayek wasn't a crackpot

One of the central thesis's behind Keynesianism is that "War is good for the health of the economy."

Nice economic philosophy.

Don't talk to us about who the crack pot is.

it's theses

find a keynesian and tell him the news

economists are the second least useful people on the planet

Next to IT techs and management..

i was thinking politiciians, but you make a strong case

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

And you shouldn't care what anybody eats. So why should government care what you eat?

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

That's what you think the job of the federal government is, to protect people from themselves?

Maybe in a dictatorship or Communist country, but not in a free society. Our founders wrote what the duties of the federal government were, and not one was written on their responsibility to tell you WTF to eat.

No the govt. is not protecting people from themselves since the pizza joint is not owned by the customer...There is no such thing as a free society....

Not if left to the Democrats there isn't.

The pizza joint doesn't have to be owned by the people to realize pizza is not the most healthy thing for you to eat. We have the internet now, and you can get that information anytime you need or want it.

There is nothing wrong with pizza and it can have healthy ingredients and it helps to build that pizza if the consumer is informed of the choices and the specific details of the ingredients..
Not everyone in the world has access to the internet..

You don't need access to the internet if you have common sense. Most Republicans have it but only a few Democrats do.

I know what's in a pizza for crying out loud. I know the amount of calories they have and affects to the body. But for the life of me, I never heard one story about a fat person getting skinny because the government forced restaurants to post calorie count on their items. All it is is an expense to the businesses that they didn't need, and of course, what us consumers ultimately pay for. They have to change their wall menus, their table menus, have to hire labs or agencies to figure out what each item contains, and for what? Nothing.

Where the real money is spent is people still breast feeding off of the government because they can't feed themselves.

 

[del]

that's nice

 

[candycorn]

And you shouldn't care what anybody eats. So why should government care what you eat?

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

That's what you think the job of the federal government is, to protect people from themselves?

Maybe in a dictatorship or Communist country, but not in a free society. Our founders wrote what the duties of the federal government were, and not one was written on their responsibility to tell you WTF to eat.

No the govt. is not protecting people from themselves since the pizza joint is not owned by the customer...There is no such thing as a free society....

Not if left to the Democrats there isn't.

The pizza joint doesn't have to be owned by the people to realize pizza is not the most healthy thing for you to eat. We have the internet now, and you can get that information anytime you need or want it.

There is nothing wrong with pizza and it can have healthy ingredients and it helps to build that pizza if the consumer is informed of the choices and the specific details of the ingredients..
Not everyone in the world has access to the internet..

Additionally, a new co-worker of mine has an allergy to fish. Turns out that fish by-products are found in a surprising number of items such as some Yogurts for example. So she has to be mindful of the ingredients, if the fried wings are cooked in the same oil they use for the fried fish, etc..

 

[Thinker101]

And you shouldn't care what anybody eats. So why should government care what you eat?

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

That's what you think the job of the federal government is, to protect people from themselves?

Maybe in a dictatorship or Communist country, but not in a free society. Our founders wrote what the duties of the federal government were, and not one was written on their responsibility to tell you WTF to eat.

No the govt. is not protecting people from themselves since the pizza joint is not owned by the customer...There is no such thing as a free society....

Not if left to the Democrats there isn't.

The pizza joint doesn't have to be owned by the people to realize pizza is not the most healthy thing for you to eat. We have the internet now, and you can get that information anytime you need or want it.

There is nothing wrong with pizza and it can have healthy ingredients and it helps to build that pizza if the consumer is informed of the choices and the specific details of the ingredients..
Not everyone in the world has access to the internet..

Gee, not everyone in the world has access to pizza either. And those without internet probably don't care what's in pizza.

 

[Moonglow]

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

That's what you think the job of the federal government is, to protect people from themselves?

Maybe in a dictatorship or Communist country, but not in a free society. Our founders wrote what the duties of the federal government were, and not one was written on their responsibility to tell you WTF to eat.

No the govt. is not protecting people from themselves since the pizza joint is not owned by the customer...There is no such thing as a free society....

Not if left to the Democrats there isn't.

The pizza joint doesn't have to be owned by the people to realize pizza is not the most healthy thing for you to eat. We have the internet now, and you can get that information anytime you need or want it.

There is nothing wrong with pizza and it can have healthy ingredients and it helps to build that pizza if the consumer is informed of the choices and the specific details of the ingredients..
Not everyone in the world has access to the internet..

You don't need access to the internet if you have common sense. Most Republicans have it but only a few Democrats do.

I know what's in a pizza for crying out loud. I know the amount of calories they have and affects to the body. But for the life of me, I never heard one story about a fat person getting skinny because the government forced restaurants to post calorie count on their items. All it is is an expense to the businesses that they didn't need, and of course, what us consumers ultimately pay for. They have to change their wall menus, their table menus, have to hire labs or agencies to figure out what each item contains, and for what? Nothing.

Where the real money is spent is people still breast feeding off of the government because they can't feed themselves.

Yeah republicans have inherent behavior skills to tell them the calorie content of a portioned food item...Better get the boots out it's getting deep in here...We know you don't care that some people care..

 

[Moonglow]

Because they are in the business of protecting their employers, the voter....

That's what you think the job of the federal government is, to protect people from themselves?

Maybe in a dictatorship or Communist country, but not in a free society. Our founders wrote what the duties of the federal government were, and not one was written on their responsibility to tell you WTF to eat.

No the govt. is not protecting people from themselves since the pizza joint is not owned by the customer...There is no such thing as a free society....

Not if left to the Democrats there isn't.

The pizza joint doesn't have to be owned by the people to realize pizza is not the most healthy thing for you to eat. We have the internet now, and you can get that information anytime you need or want it.

There is nothing wrong with pizza and it can have healthy ingredients and it helps to build that pizza if the consumer is informed of the choices and the specific details of the ingredients..
Not everyone in the world has access to the internet..

Gee, not everyone in the world has access to pizza either. And those without internet probably don't care what's in pizza.

Including Jews and Muslims...

 

[Moonglow]

You idiots can disagree without being dicks but I know it's inherent behavior...