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Group puts 'consume' back in the consumer - Calls sugar doughnut an essential freedom
Newark Star Ledger ^
| April 30, 2002
| J. SCOTT ORR
Posted on 04/30/2002 1:17:06 PM PDT by Incorrigible
Edited on 07/06/2004 6:37:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON -- There are groups here in Washington that advocate for the environment, endangered species, public health and hundreds of other causes.
But who looks out for powdered-sugar doughnuts?
A new group called the Center for Consumer Freedom has taken up the cause. The self-described coalition of more than 30,000 restaurant and tavern owners is standing tall in defense of fattening food. Its motto: "Protecting Personal Responsibility and Protecting Consumer Choice."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fattax; pufflist
I would consider my support of paying more if the money went directly to heart or liver research but not through the government.
To: Incorrigible
The right of the people to eat and bake donuts shall not be infringed.
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posted on
04/30/2002 1:28:41 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
To: Incorrigible
The center sees itself on the front lines of the battle to defend the right of every American to gorge on artery-clogging burgers, splurge on waistline-expanding doughnuts and Ding Dongs, and guzzle liver-hardening alcohol to their hearts' content. Because the health Nazis, vegetarians, and liberal pressure groups are trying to remove soda, doughnuts, etc. from public schools and buildings. They want to LEGISLATE your food choices, all in the name of "political correctness". We don't need any new laws to "protect" us.
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posted on
04/30/2002 1:33:02 PM PDT
by
SunStar
To: Incorrigible
They tried taxing junk food in CT, but luckily the resulting public outrage made legislators see the light. For now, anyway.
Don't forget, plank number nine of the communist manifesto:
"9. Corporate farms, regional planning, and food control."
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posted on
04/30/2002 1:33:57 PM PDT
by
the
To: Incorrigible
I would consider my support of paying more if the money went directly to heart or liver research but not through the government. So, just donate to a charity fund that supports this research. No one is stopping you.
a.cricket
To: El Sordo
...from my cold, powdered hands
To: Incorrigible
Homer Simpson has rights too, you know...
To: El Sordo
The right of the people to eat and bake donuts shall not be infringed. It's good that we have such associations to keep us fouces on important things, lest we get astray and start learning to read, think about liberty, promote civility in our midst...
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posted on
04/30/2002 2:09:18 PM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: Incorrigible
A new group called the Center for Consumer Freedom has taken up the cause. The self-described coalition of more than 30,000 restaurant and tavern owners is standing tall in defense of fattening food. Its motto: "Protecting Personal Responsibility and Protecting Consumer Choice."Wonder if I could get them to take on smokers' rights?
They've got the right motto for it. "Protecting Personal Responsibility and Protecting Consumer Choice."
To: Puff_List
puff
To: Incorrigible
You know things are bad when doughnuts have their own PAC!
To: Just another Joe; incorrigible
Bump for liberty!
To: Incorrigible
Jacobson said his group does not expect taxes in amounts that would discourage consumption. Rather, it backs plans like the one in California that would fund programs to educate consumers about the health risks associated with certain food and drink. Translation: we don't want to dictate what you are allowed to eat and drink, we just want to pick your pocket a little to fund our preaching.
No thanks.
OTOH, maybe they're right. I'm considering a dietary change myself - I can survive for quite some time on cold fermented barley soup. No carcinogens there, nothing but natural ingredients. Beer...mmmmm....
To: Just another Joe
They've got the right motto for it. "Protecting Personal Responsibility and Protecting Consumer Choice."Oh I like it!
To: Incorrigible
And where were all these good people, when the non-smoking fanatics took over the world......... we told everybody that anti smoking was just the beginning.
To: Great Dane
And where were all these good people, when the non-smoking fanatics took over the world......... we told everybody that anti smoking was just the beginning. That bears repeating!!!
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posted on
05/01/2002 11:38:45 AM PDT
by
Gabz
To: Just another Joe
Joe, if they're a coalition of restaurants, they sure should take up our cause. The National Restaurant Association fights for us, even though they have made no public statement about it. Gotta be a reason and it's not because "smoking bans are goooood for business.
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