Trump: Coca-cola agrees to use real cane sugar in US drinks

[dblack]

Not unless we are "buying" food with food stamps.

That's still a gross violation of liberty. Don't want people buying candy with tax dollars? Don't give them the tax dollars. But to take the money from us by force - taxes - and the offer it back "with strings attached" is not liberty. It's the government creating dependency to amplify its power.

 

[AntonToo]

That's still a gross violation of liberty.

Stupid nonsense. You are always at liberty to buy your own candy.

 

[dblack]

Yes dummy, I like my freedom for you and I to eat all the candy we want (I just don't) and draw lines with reguard to state power.

I keep asking, and you keep dodging - is there ANYTHING in society that you think government should NOT meddle with? Should there be any limits at all to state power, in your view?

 

[dblack]

Stupid nonsense. You are always at liberty to buy your own candy.

If the government takes money from you by force, and then offers it back only if you jump through specified hoops - that's not liberty. I'm sure you have a very special definition of that word too, but I don't care. Whatever you call it, that's too much power for government.

 

[AntonToo]

Don't give them the tax dollars.

Oh so not giving tax-dollars for candy is "gross violation of liberty", but not giving tax-dollars for ANY basic food sustenance....is the way to go.

 

[dblack]

Oh so not giving tax-dollars for candy is gross violation of liberty, but not giving money for basic food nescessities....is the way to go.

What?? I have no idea what you're talking about.

But your persistent dodging of my question suggests that answer is "no" - there's no limit to your desire for government control of society. And that sucks.

 

[AntonToo]

What?? I have no idea what you're talking about.

Of course you don't, you are dumber than a bag of rocks.

 

[dblack]

Of course you don't, you are dumber than a bag of rocks.

Okay. So you're done debating? You certainly don't want to answer my questions or address the points I'm making.

Oh well, guess I'll join in: You're a poo-poo head!

 

[AntonToo]

If the government takes money from you by force, and then offers it back only if you jump through specified hoops - that's not liberty.

Yes thats liberty.

You just live out there in your idealistic rainbow and unicorn land and have no clue about real needs, real suffering out here in the real world.

It's government's job to mind the welfare of it's people and yes, that means providing minimal food assitance to those that need it. And no it doesn't mean government has to also provide candy.

 

[sparky]

The original Coke

~S~

 

[Dragonlady]

Do we really need government to tell us how to eat?

Yes, you do. If you didn't, the USA wouldn't be the fattest nation in the first world, with 41% of your population rated as "obese".

Somebody needs to teach you people how to eat a healthy diet.

 

[Seymour Flops]

That's still a gross violation of liberty. Don't want people buying candy with tax dollars? Don't give them the tax dollars. But to take the money from us by force - taxes - and the offer it back "with strings attached" is not liberty. It's the government creating dependency to amplify its power.

It is, yes.

But there is not the political will to watch children go hungry because their parents won't work. The entitlement to eat without working has sunk in too deep. The story of the Little Red Hen has been replace by Leslie had Three Non-binary Parents and the like.

I would prefer a group home solution to povery in which meals are prepared by the residents under close supervision. Also supervision in job-seeking and drug use reduction. Yes, supervision is what welfare dolees need.

Until then, at least we can avoid enriching Coca-Cola and Pepsico with tax dollars pumped into food stamps.

 

[dblack]

Yes, you do. If you didn't, the USA wouldn't be the fattest nation in the first world, with 41% of your population rated as "obese".

Somebody needs to teach you people how to eat a healthy diet.

LOL - of course.

 

[dblack]

I realize the statist liberals are all-in on these kinds of government mandates. But Republicans at least pretend to oppose them. Unless it's coming from Uncle Donny - then it's all good.

 

[toobfreak]

Well, it was the sugar-free version. Come on! lol I agree that the sugar-free Coke tastes wateryish. I don't think I've ever tried sugar-free Pepsi.

I tried Mountain Dew again recently in 2-liter bottle after having not bought any in many years. It isn't even really Mountain Dew now. I have an excellent flavor memory and when MD came out, it was very yellow, and was a literal energy drink full of caffeine with a unique flavor.

The yellow is barely there now. The unique flavor is gone. What they sell as MD now, in a blind taste test, I would guess to be a plain, cheap, lemon-lime drink, and not even a particularly good one. The energy is gone.

 

[dblack]

It is, yes.

But there is not the political will to watch children go hungry because their parents won't work.

That's a convenient excuse, for those who want us to see government as the ONLY solution to our problems. But if, as a society, we have the will to feed poor children - we will. We don't need government controlling the process.

 

[sealybobo]

Do we really need government to tell us how to eat?

How about a government in cohoots with the sugar companies to put more of their bad stuff into our foods?

Yes, we really want government to regulate these corporations you seem to defend at every turn. Are you a sugar lobbyist or the dopes the sugar lobbyists pay the politicians to lie to?

A comment like you just made makes you look ignorant to just how much the government does tell you how to eat. Only you just don't want it to tell you to eat healthier.

I find it funny that sugar is linked to so many things including dementia, and RFK isn't going after sugar. Don't you find that interesting? Instead he's spreading doubt about child vaccines. He's a paid shill for the sugar industry no doubt. And he works for Trump.

 

[Concerned American]

It will still be just as unhealthy.

But it will taste better. LOL, how many prepared or packaged foods are healthy these days? We still have the choice to use the products or not--is someone twisting your arm?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Diabetes in a can

.

Not if you drink it in moderation.

When I was a kid, we got pop (soda) no more frequently than four or five times a year. It didn't kill us.

.

 

[JGalt]

Ok, but this is about Trump trying to telling companies how to do business. WTF - does he think he should just be able to order businesses around like this?

Well seeing as how he's a successful businessman, I think he knows a little about business.