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Originally Posted by island911
SO, you are saying that control on quantity ingested ought to come, not from personal decision, but rather by increasing the cost of food. --that's a control method filled with untended consequence.
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No, I am saying that our government has created an artificial food supply. Without our government's interference, food would have continued to cost what it actually costs to produce + profit for the producer.
Is it your position that you want the government to continue to control our food supply? How conservative of you...
You are buying into the illusion of cheap food. Yes, soda is cheap at the market. You have already paid for some of it though through your tax dollars going to subsidize the production of corn.
Not only that, but you are completely ignoring the added cost of buying that cheap food. Take diabetes for example. Care to add up how much treatment for type 2 diabetes over a lifetime costs? Now add that cost into your food bill and see where you are. If you think about it a little that head of broccoli for $.99 starts to sound a whole lot cheaper.