Posted on 11/21/2012 11:51:17 AM PST by SeekAndFind
More stupid government tricks
Forget the fiscal cliff, we are headed for the OBAMACARE CLIFF.
If we pull back from the OBAMACARE CLIFF the fiscal cliff would take care of itself.
More STUPID government drones. From plain cheese to 2-way, 3-way and/or 4 topping pizzas to those ordered 1/2 and 1/2 to satisfy 2 people there are truly millions of potential combinations in addition to large and small.
How many pizza shops are there in the USA that are physically large enough to put up signs listing the caloric content of each possibility.
I wonder if a football stadium scoreboard would be capable.
The work of bureaucrats with lots of degrees, but a total lacking of common sense.
California is COVERED in Prop 65 signs on every office building, commercial building, factory, warehouse and retail store warning you of the horrible cancer dangers lurking within.
Do you suppose all this government intrusion has saved a single life or prevented a single case of cancer? Of course not.
Try to buy a ladder these days. The government warning stickers cover up every square inch of the ladder. Have the stickers prevented a single ladder accident? Of course not.
Maybe half of radio commercials have some ultra-fast talking guy at the end reading all the fine print of the contract for services. Has this prevented a single case of consumer fraud or helped a single consumer in any fashion? Of course not, but we are still deluged with this fast-talking garbage.
Will all this pizza calorie information prevent a single person from overindulging and putting on a pound or two? Of course not.
Our ultra-nanny state knows no bounds and chisels away daily at our freedoms.
Not even the big video board at Cowboys Stadium would work
Oh Lord. This Pizza shop is complaining for nothing. McDonald’s put their calories on the menu too and they have a between amount. For example, the Big Mac is between 400-700 calories. Your telling me a pizza shop can’t do that???? Seriously????
The a$$whole$ in congress have never owned a business, but they want to. They would like all business in the hands of the government.
Communist manifesto: the means of production are in the hands of the collectivity.
I’ve not read what the exact guideline is but maybe they can just list all possible ingredients somewhere and what the calories are per ingredient. What is that, 20 lines or so? I like what McDs did also, giving the range.
Can we not sue her for incompetence? Stupidity? Something - anything! I truly detest that bugeyed creature.
They are complaining because the government is mandating that do something asinine. They want boards in their stores that will cost money and will have to be changed when their menus change.
They are asking to put it online where people will actually see it. Not many people walk into a pizza shop like Domino’s or Papa John’s to order their pizza. They order online or over the phone.
So what happens if they simply do not do it? Who would know? Who’s going to arrest them? Or will they have to pay a fine (tax/fine, whatever!) to the IRS? I think they should just ignore it then see what happens.
Sure there is. The auto industry did it with "your mileage may vary."
They need to feel it.
Yes! My main beef with this article is that it attempts to compromise with the regulation rather than fight it.
Once upon a time, those of us worried about calorie consumption [calorie-counting is fast becoming obsolete -- it's what you eat, not how much] would have consulted a book or, these days, an app which would give you a good estimate.
No government spending required, no extra costs for business and [here's the good part] profit(?!) for the authors of the calorie-counting books and apps. Win-win-win turned into lose-lose-lose.
bttt
Americans re-elected Obama and we got stuck with this stupid crap/
Once we had a chance to get rid of Obamacare. now wehave to live with it.
Why do we need an FDA?
There’s no “have it your way” at Mickey D’s. They make a standardized product.
Pizza is made to order and has (according to the article) mega permutations.
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