"or that kids are obese because of the crap foods they eat, and they eat those crap foods because that is what food corporations tell them to eat and tell their parents to buy for their kids with endless advertising on television. thirty years ago this problem did not exist, it was created by the food companies."
Wonder how many states restrict food purchases with public assistance. Seems like some states think there is too much free spending ( http://www.christopherpearson.org/?page=8&articlemode=showspecific&showarticle=29 ). I remember hearing a NPR story years ago about families on public assistance. Every year, these families were required to get 30 minutes of training on nutrition and voter registration. According to the expert, half of the 30 minutes was spent on the voter registration component. Related to this is this story: Federal government takes state to court over voter registration dispute Excerpt: A federal lawsuit accusing two state agencies of failing to provide adequate voter registration services for people who get food stamps, disability payments and Medicaid will be fought in court, the state's chief elections officer said Tuesday. ... The lawsuit alleges that agency offices that grant public assistance have failed to regularly ask clients if they want to register to vote and give them forms to register. ... Federal law requires all offices in the state "that provide public assistance" as well as those "primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilities" to ask those who seek or renew benefits if they want to vote. Anyone who declines must do so in writing. Read more here: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/07/state_and_feds_will_take_battl.html J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340400 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
