[Osx-nutters] *Big* government

[David P. Henderson]

On 29 Aug 2007, at 01:59, Hex Star wrote:

> Yes the government should:
>
> 1) Outlaw all Wendy's, Burger King's, McDonald's, etc
>
Wrong. This is a matter for education not legislation.

> 2) Outlaw use of sweeteners such as corn syrup as well as  
> artificial ones such as aspartame
>
Corn syrup is everywhere because Congress heavily subsidizes the  
production of corn

> 3) Outlaw use of artificial ingredients as a whole
>
Based on what? Arsenic is natural; should we consume it?

> 4) Outlaw labeling ingredients as "natural ingredients" when they  
> more then likely are anything but
>
If you have such a product, prove your case and sue the manufacturer  
for false labelling.

> 5) Require companies to either use the common name of a substance  
> instead of its scientific in ingredients labels or if that's not  
> possible, to explain what the substance is next to the substance in  
> parenthesis
>
Yes, the solution is to make the text of the label microscopic;  
therefore, even less readable.

> 6) Require meat packages to contain a ingredients label detailing  
> the various meat substances contained within (especially important  
> for mystery meats such as sausage and bologna)
>
The only goal I can see here is to gross buyers out to keep them from  
buying the product, but many people already know what goes into these  
meat products and they still buy them.

Dave
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