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1 posted on 12/04/2014 4:19:39 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If you ever listened to Levin, you’d know that the real power doesn’t come from the Ruling Class per se, it’s from the hundreds of bureaucrats that write law and supersede Congress’ authority out from under their ass.


2 posted on 12/04/2014 4:22:44 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (NO COMPROMISE! NO BIPARTISANSHIP! STOP OBAMA NOW!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“In addition, paperwork associated with the vending machine rule will take 1,507,788.5 hours to complete.”

“Hey Frank - how the heck do we know how much it will cost? But they want a number.”

“Yeah - whatever. But put a .5 at the end so they’ll think it is real.”


3 posted on 12/04/2014 4:23:28 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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I'm really convinced it's all the implementation of Cloward\Pivens.
6 posted on 12/04/2014 4:43:32 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As a poster here on FR explained to me once. “A label cost less than a penny, I buy them at the office supply.”


7 posted on 12/04/2014 4:50:13 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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That’s OK. President Cruz can sign an executive order cancelling this nonsense out.


10 posted on 12/04/2014 5:31:30 PM PST by Fast Moving Angel (It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
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What good is a label when more than Half of the Public School Graduates Cannot Read??


11 posted on 12/04/2014 5:40:31 PM PST by eyeamok
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12 posted on 12/04/2014 5:44:01 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It won’t cost the “restaurant industry” (our neighbors who own these businesses) $1.7B. It will cost their customers (our neighbors who eat out) an estimated $1.7B.

And the benefit? Zero. Anyone who doesn’t already know that a bacon cheeseburger or the McD’s fries are high in fat doesn’t care.


13 posted on 12/04/2014 5:55:56 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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CA has had this posting regulation for years.

Nobody evens reads the Calorie Numbers on the Menu.

All this time I have NEVER heard anyone even mention the Calorie Count on the Menu, unless they were asking what those silly numbers next to the Food Item were.

Mon Productive Busy Work strikes again, with a Billion Dollar Price Tag.


16 posted on 12/04/2014 9:11:52 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (If you thought the Mulatto Marxist was bad, wait until the Menopausal Marxist is Elected.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; Alamo-Girl; ..
Costs are likely to be passed onto consumers, but the FDA believes Americans will be happy to pay more for additional nutrition information.

Speak for yourselves, losers!

Nanny State PING!

17 posted on 12/05/2014 7:58:59 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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” but the FDA believes Americans will be happy to pay more for additional nutrition information.”

Yea, we are thrilled......


19 posted on 12/05/2014 9:46:06 PM PST by mowowie (`)
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Because warning labels on cigarettes work so well they may as well apply it to EVERYTHING.


21 posted on 12/06/2014 8:32:32 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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