Nonlinear FC wrote:And a LOT of folks suffer from the 'betes.
And one of those reasons is that they don't have a real idea of how many calories are in various foods they eat.
I have absolutely no problem with the government requiring mass-market sellers of food to tell buyers what is in there. Just like nutritional labelling for food packaging. I don't think there is a shred of a chance that the market would solve that problem, as evidenced by the fact that we've had fast food and chain restaurants for decades, and they did not post calorie counts until the government made them.
I also have no problem with the government taxing sugary soda or whatever. It is a way to make the activity bear the cost. And even if it is a nanny state thing, there are a lot of people who need nannying when it comes to stuff like that.
A few years ago I read
Predictably Irrational. It did a great job of showing that for a lot of decisions, people really cannot act rationally. If a 16-ounce soda costs $1.89, but the 32-ounce soda costs $2.19, people will always buy the 32-ounce. Corporations are well aware of this and take advantage of it.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.