A Pack Of Smokes Equals One Cheeseburger

Toogood Reports ^ | July 11, 2002 | Chad Stafko

[SheLion]

BUMP

[goldstategop]

They'll tax McDonalds, KFC, and Arby's out of existence.

[College Repub]

mmmm....veggie burger king.....

[mikeb704]

In the interview, Schlosser agrees with the magazine's premise that this supposed fatty food epidemic targets America's poor.

Who, of course, also must be very dumb, and desperately in need of protection from themselves by Big Brother government.

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[Huck]

On one hand, he says "logical" individuals can cut back whenever their common sense kicks in; On the other hand, he says the demand for cigarettes, like "any other drug", is inelastic; Users will pay any price. This appears contradictory.

[Stand Watch Listen]

mmmm....veggie burger king.....

Info from Burger King .....hmmmmmm.....yuummmm lol...;-)

Ingredient Listing for Patty
WATER, MUSHROOMS, WATER CHESTNUTS, COOKED BROWN RICE, TEXTURED WHEAT PROTEIN, ROLLED OATS, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, FROZEN ONIONS, CORN OIL, FROZEN CARROTS, POTATO STARCH, FROZEN GREEN PEPPERS, FROZEN RED PEPPERS, 2% OR LESS OF ONION POWDER, CORN STARCH, BLACK OLIVES, METHYLCELLULOSE, SALT, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, RICE FLOUR, YEAST EXTRACT, OAT FIBER, SUGAR, POTATO DEXTRIN, KONJAC FLOUR, GARLIC POWDER, BLACK PEPPER, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVORS FROM NON-MEAT SOURCES, DEXTROSE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN, MALT EXTRACT, SAGE, GRILL FLAVOR, BASIL, RAISIN JUICE CONCENTRATE, OREGANO, JALAPENO PEPPER POWDER, SESAME OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVORING, CELERY OLEORESIN, WINE, CITRIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR, AND XANTHAN GUM.

Ingredient Listing for 4" Bun
ENRICHED FLOUR (NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOBLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, (SUCROSE OR HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP), VEGETABLE SHORTENING, YEAST, SALT, WHEAT GLUTEN, SESAME SEEDS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR, YEAST FOOD (CALCIUM SULFATE, POTASSIUM IODATE, AND/OR AMMONIUM SULFATE) DOUGH CONDITIONERS (POLYSORBATE 60, CALCIUM PEROXIDE {OXIDANT}, CALCIUM SALTS, SULFATES, PHOSPHATES, AND AMMONIUM SALTS), DOUGH STRENGTHENERS (SODIUM AND/OR CALCIUM-2-STEAROYL LACTYLATE OR ETHOXYLATED MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES), DOUGH SOFTENERS ( MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, AND/OR PROTEASE ENZYME), MOLD INHIBITOR (CALCIUM PROPIONATE), PRESERVATIVE (POTASSIUM SORBATE), OXIDATION REDUCTION ADDITIVES (ASCORBIC ACID, POTASSIUM/CALCIUM IODATE, ALPHA-AMYLASE, AZODICARBONAMIDE), LEAVENING AGENT (MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE).

Ingredient Listing for Reduced-Fat Mayonnaise
WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP, EGG WHITES, DISTILLED VINEGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, SUGAR, SPICE, XANTHAN GUM, MUSTARD FLOUR, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE AS PRESERVATIVES, LEMON JUICE, POLYSORBATE 60, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA TO PROTECT FLAVOR, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA, SODIUM CITRATE, ANNATTO COLOR, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES.

[BlueLancer]

I vaguely remember reading a sci-fi story a number of years back in which the premise was that the government had outlawed meat-eating and that stimulated an underground network of "burger dens", similar to opium dens or speak-easys, in which, if you knew the password or had been sent by someone who was known at that "den", you could purchase bootleg meat which had been, as one character put it, "smuggled in from his suppliers at the stockyards in Venezuela".

Interesting premise ... and I remember thinking at the time that it was a little far-fetched.

In my dreams ... or, rather, nightmares.

[SheLion]

They'll tax McDonalds, KFC, and Arby's out of existence.

I heard it on last night's news: a health (nut) group wants a warning put on kids Happy Meals because they say French Fries cause Cancer! I kid you not.

[goodieD]

I've been telling the anti-smoking "conservative" crowd that once they successfully get rid of cigarettes, they'll be coming after something you enjoy next... but I am now hearing the same thing from them about fatty foods... shouldn't WE, not the government or special interest groups decide what goes into our bodies?

[pabianice]

Introducing: The McSlammer!

Ronald McDonald in an orange jump suit, being led away in chains... what an image.

[general_re]

And here I was worried that I wasn't getting enough maltodextrin or monoglycerides in my diet ;)

[hunter112]

Either the government (as the representatives of the people) has the right to ban or tax something out of existance, or it doesn't. Those using the slippery slope argument (first its cigarettes, then its cheeseburgers) already lost that battle when drugs were made illegal. Somewhere between the libertarian ideal of "everything's OK for everybody", and the left-wing "ban everything that might ever cause one miniscule bit of harm to the universe", is the idea of a middle ground betwixt those extremes.

Right now, most people can distinguish between tobacco, which has zero nutritive value, and cheeseburgers, which have some properties as food. If the lefties convince enough people that they're right about this and other parts of their agenda, then we'll have a lot more to worry about than where to find a burger den. Every day, we live in the middle, between the extremes on all of hundreds of issues, and a slight movement towards one side or the other is not going to bring people's lives crashing down.

Face it, more people can find something wrong with crack cocaine than with aspirin, and more people can find something wrong with tobacco than with cheeseburgers. That's how the balance is set. If you'd REALLY like to stop the slide, then persuade people that the extremists are misguided, but Chicken Little "the sky is falling" rhetoric is not going to convince anyone.

[morjon]

They will have to pry my Big Mac from my cold, dead, fat hands!

[Prolix]

Eat oatmeal!
Eat beans!
Eat greens!
Get used to it!

[Dakmar]

1) The Government (Federal) doesn't have the right to do anything unless it is specifically given that right in the Constitution.
2) The power of Taxation was never meant to be used for social engineering - its sole purpose is to raise revenue. The Founding Fathers must be spinning in their graves.

[tacticalogic]

While it is true that the sky is not falling, it is also true that fedgov is not what's holding it up there.

[Schatze]

Luckily for Col. Sanders, he's already dead; otherwise the leftist loonies would frying his butt in hot oil about now.

[Lokibob]

Never!!!!

McDonalds, Arbys, KFC will simply raise the prices to cover the cost of the new taxes and it will be business as usual with the consumer paying the higher cost.

Make copies of this article and give to anybody you see.

Stop this in its tracks.

[hchutch]

Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!

I want at LEAST eight ounces of 100% pure beef, onions, tomatoes, Heinz 57, extra mayo, and mustard on a burger.