• Michelle Obama endorses healthier school lunches
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[QUOTE=Prismatex;26677596]You guys realize the CNS in CNS News stands for Conservative News Service, right? These guys are just like WND.[/QUOTE] woop ban op lock thread
According to the article, "many children get up to half their daily calories from school meals," but I know people that get 0 calories from school meals because they are disgusting. If the government wants kids to eat healthy meals, then they should start with having food that kids will eat. If the government wants to encourage kids to eat healthy at home, then maybe they should start school a little later. I know people that don't eat breakfast because they don't have time to get ready for school. Also, this: [QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;26676144]I hope you realize what a disgusting pile of shit school lunches are. I eat twice a day because they are just that bad.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Glaber;26677530]That name for both Obamas was the result of anger.[/QUOTE] What are you trying to imply with it? That The Obamas care about the poor?
[QUOTE=GrassyBat;26677688]According to the article, "many children get up to half their daily calories from school meals," but I know people that get 0 calories from school meals because they are disgusting. I'm fortunate enough to have a parent that will pack a lunch for me that is both tasty and moderately healthy. Also, this:[/QUOTE] Just pointing this out, but it's possible to pack your own lunch without the help of a parent. It's simple!
All in all I think we can wrap this up n say it's a good law. It's just a little sad that the gov only started thinking about improving the general healthyness of their citizens once it realized americans are getting too fat to get blown up overseas effectively.
I love the thread title change
You're taking Michelle's position? Your kind does not even acknowledge women.
Thank you TH89 :h:
Glaber is also an idiot for posting a CNS source and thinking he's right. Glaber has some sort of bias malfunction, he NEVER notices that his sources are as biased as fuck.
dude wtf let 5 year olds chose what they want its there fault if their obese
Why does this man's ban history not surprise me [img]http://gyazo.com/cf1bbaf64e9d8184f1a5cf2794ee953e.png[/img]
the entire nanny state argument is moot. We all understand the ulterior motives of the conservative side, and that's that they want to keep taxes as low as humanly possible. that's been the main focus of conservatives for quite a while. They complain when the government isn't doing enough for them, and when they try to raise taxes to do so, they say no, so when the government goes into debt, they blame the government for spending too much. Conservatives would gladly accept free healthcare or free lunch from the government if they could do so without raising taxes by the slightest bit.
[QUOTE=daijitsu;26677804]Why does this man's ban history not surprise me [img_thumb]http://gyazo.com/cf1bbaf64e9d8184f1a5cf2794ee953e.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] because you have a c00l furry avatar
[QUOTE=XxXKillErXxxX^2;26677841]because you have a c00l furry avatar[/QUOTE] It's a dergon
Are school food provided by the state in America? Why is the feedback on them mostly negative? I think a good way to curb this problem is to privatize the provision of school food and open it up to external vendors. That way the quality of food would increase due to the profit-incentive.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;26677828]the entire nanny state argument is moot. We all understand the ulterior motives of the conservative side, and that's that they want to keep taxes as low as humanly possible. that's been the main focus of conservatives for quite a while. They complain when the government isn't doing enough for them, and when they try to raise taxes to do so, they say no, so when the government goes into debt, they blame the government for spending too much. Conservatives would gladly accept free healthcare or free lunch from the government if they could do so without raising taxes by the slightest bit.[/QUOTE] The thing is that low taxes aren't even a good thing really. The US was far more successful when they had a 90% income tax rate compared to what they do today, and every other country with higher taxes I can think of is doing much better right now. Taxes aren't bad.
[QUOTE=daijitsu;26677804]Why does this man's ban history not surprise me [img_thumb]http://gyazo.com/cf1bbaf64e9d8184f1a5cf2794ee953e.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] What's more surprising is that it's not much, much longer. Hey, you're a general mod now. Hmm... :ninja:
[QUOTE=thereisno131;26677859] I think a good way to curb this problem is to privatize the provision of school food and open it up to external vendors. That way the quality of food would increase due to the profit-incentive.[/QUOTE] isnt that what they have going on right now and this bill is trying to cut it back? dont quote me on it though..............
[QUOTE=thereisno131;26677859]Are school food provided by the state in America? Why is the feedback on them mostly negative? I think a good way to curb this problem is to privatize the provision of school food and open it up to external vendors. That way the quality of food would increase due to the profit-incentive.[/QUOTE] They did that. It's not a good thing. It doesn't make them eat healthy. It means companies start making the cheapest shittiest food they can unload on the government. They tried it, it DOES NOT WORK. Privatizing shit doesn't help, companies are not looking out for interests, they are BY LAW MANDATED TO ONLY CARE ABOUT PROFIT, SO WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU PRIVATIZE?
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;26676144]I hope you realize what a disgusting pile of shit school lunches are. I eat twice a day because they are just that bad.[/QUOTE] This is so true. The food is shitty and unhealthy.
[QUOTE=thereisno131;26677859]Are school food provided by the state in America? Why is the feedback on them mostly negative? I think a good way to curb this problem is to privatize the provision of school food and open it up to external vendors. That way the quality of food would increase due to the profit-incentive.[/QUOTE] Still, if they did that then the cheap, fatty fast-food type items would be widespread and we'd be in a much worse state than we are now. I think this way is pretty good.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;26677887] Privatizing shit doesn't help, companies are not looking out for interests, they are BY LAW MANDATED TO ONLY CARE ABOUT PROFIT, SO WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU PRIVATIZE?[/QUOTE] because that's the American way and if you don't like it you can go back to SOVIET COMMUNIST HELL :patriot:
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;26677887]They did that. It's not a good thing. It doesn't make them eat healthy. It means companies start making the cheapest shittiest food they can unload on the government. They tried it, it DOES NOT WORK. Privatizing shit doesn't help, companies are not looking out for interests, they are BY LAW MANDATED TO ONLY CARE ABOUT PROFIT, SO WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU PRIVATIZE?[/QUOTE] Because everything works perfectly in a totally free market and every man gets his fair share and such, duh. In HS, I remember my school selling some 3rd party stuff, think it was Chick-fil-a. It was only mildly better than the rest of the food and much more expensive.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;26677861]The thing is that low taxes aren't even a good thing really. The US was far more successful when they had a 90% income tax rate compared to what they do today, and every other country with higher taxes I can think of is doing much better right now. Taxes aren't bad.[/QUOTE] taxes could save our debt
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;26677537]And how could this possibly be abused? It's qualified (i.e. at risk/poor children) being given free, healthy meals. Do you think the kid's gonna say "Score! Now I can skip actual food at home which I surely have and go eat a probably bland but healthy school meal!"?[/QUOTE] The kid won't be the one saying that. The Parent will. When Hawaii started providing free health care for qualified children, the Parents wound up abusing it by lying about their kids' qualifications. If a Health care program can be abused like that, what makes you think a free meal program can't? [QUOTE=chewgo;26677564]god i hate fucking socialism look how all of europe is failing government-dependent bastard bums sitting on street corners, getting free meals[/QUOTE] You should of seen the last protest. [QUOTE=Zeke129;26677594]Hunting down criminals is a good thing. But providing some form of round-the-clock "policing service" (even through the night when businesses are normally closed) is something that could create a dependency and can be abused. Face it glaber, your government already "socializes" many services and to a very good extent Helping people out who can't otherwise afford healthy food is a [b]good thing[/b][/QUOTE] Where in the US constitution does it allow for the government to provide food for everyone? It is expected for there to be police as evidenced in the 4th amendment.
[QUOTE=Glaber;26676060]Hey, Obum! Why don't you focus on your kids before you tell us, and our parents, how to feed our kids?! Notice: parents part included for readers still in grade school to high school.[/QUOTE]yeah how dare the government want my children to be/eat healthier. so fascist of them! seriously what the fuck did you grow up in a household where you were forced to eat deep fried bacon and cheese sauce sandwiches and want to force your kids to do the same or something
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;26677939]Because everything works perfectly in a totally free market and every man gets his fair share and such, duh. In HS, I remember my school selling some 3rd party stuff, think it was Chick-fil-a. It was only mildly better than the rest of the food and much more expensive.[/QUOTE] Well that's certainly what Glaber believes. I remember in high school we had provincially funded lunches made by the chef program in school, guess what? it was pretty fucking awesome on a daily basis for a school cafe. And it didn't cost a lot, it was apparently cheaper than the next best "private" option. I believe that without a second considering how much companies like coke and pepsi gouge out of school budgets with their vending machines and other shit they try and weasel in.
[QUOTE=thereisno131;26677859]Are school food provided by the state in America? Why is the feedback on them mostly negative? I think a good way to curb this problem is to privatize the provision of school food and open it up to external vendors. That way the quality of food would increase due to the profit-incentive.[/QUOTE] No, we'd just get nothing but junkfood because private corporations know that kids will buy that shit.
[QUOTE=Glaber;26677974]Where in the US constitution does it allow for the government to provide food for everyone?[/QUOTE]where in the constitution does it [I]not[/I] allow it?
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;26678005]Well that's certainly what Glaber believes. I remember in high school we had provincially funded lunches made by the chef program in school, guess what? it was pretty fucking awesome on a daily basis for a school cafe. And it didn't cost a lot, it was apparently cheaper than the next best "private" option. I believe that without a second considering how much companies like coke and pepsi gouge out of school budgets with their vending machines and other shit they try and weasel in.[/QUOTE] Yeah my high school has one of these and it's fucking rad. [editline]13th December 2010[/editline] At most it's 5 dollars
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