11-17-2011, 08:03 AM
Or grease. Don't forget the grease.
It's one thing to argue for the nutritional benefits of a hearty potato. But that doesn't mean eating potato strips deep fried in fat every day is healthy eating. The hypocrisy is particularly grating... they don't give a damn what they serve to kids (particularly poor kids, who are most dependent on the subsidized school lunch program), but they twist facts and pretend the crap they want to serve is "healthy" so they don't look like negligent douchebags on paper.
Lobbyists, it's all about lobbyists. It's not gonna cost the government much more to switch to other suppliers of healthier options, they just need to be smarter about it (get stock from local state farmers, etc). It's the junk food companies who are afraid of losing their big fat contracts.
It's one thing to argue for the nutritional benefits of a hearty potato. But that doesn't mean eating potato strips deep fried in fat every day is healthy eating. The hypocrisy is particularly grating... they don't give a damn what they serve to kids (particularly poor kids, who are most dependent on the subsidized school lunch program), but they twist facts and pretend the crap they want to serve is "healthy" so they don't look like negligent douchebags on paper.
Lobbyists, it's all about lobbyists. It's not gonna cost the government much more to switch to other suppliers of healthier options, they just need to be smarter about it (get stock from local state farmers, etc). It's the junk food companies who are afraid of losing their big fat contracts.
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?