"alzelt" > wrote in message
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> butch burton wrote:
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> > Interesting article in NYT saying the cost of the new mandatory food
> > labels will cost an additional $4 billion-applies to meat, fish, some
> > veggies and peanuts. Food is a tiny part of my living expense but to
> > some lower income large families, it is a very significant part of
> > their living expenses and here we go raising their food cost. Yeah it
> > would be nice to know my beef brisket came from a cow raised in Keokuk
> > IA, processed in Ames IA and so forth but at the cost of $ 4
> > billion-wow we could build 400 really snazzy schools (@ $10 million
> > each) for $ 4 Billion-now wonder which would do more good.
> >
> > For those who subscribe (it's free) to the NYT-great food colums-here
> > is the article's address.
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> > http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...od-Labels.html
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> Yeah, yeah, for four billion your can build 400 snazzy schools. But like
> most school districts, you would then be out of money for the teachers.
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> The whole idea of proper food labeling is to educate people regarding,
> well, food. Seems to me that there are enough fat people rolling around
> in this country that have not a clue about what's in what they are
> eating. For example, big manufacturers label that says NO FAT, only
> points out in fine print that it is high in calories. Education in food
> is just as important as in the classrom.
> --
> Alan
>

I agree, that 4 bil isn't a lot to spend on education. Besides, if not
spent here it will go to fuel the war effort, aka Halliburton.

Jack 'raq