With nation’s school lunches fundamentally transformed, Michelle O eyes ‘talking shopping carts’

EAG News ^ | July 18, 2014 | Ben Velderman

[yoe]

First, Michelle Obama seized control of your child’s school lunch and made it “healthy.” Now, the First Lady wants to change the way you buy groceries.

A new 80-page report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture explains that federal bureaucrats hope to use a variety of tools to modify the way Americans select food items at the supermarket.

The goal is to steer consumers toward fruits and vegetables – and away from sugar- and fat-laden items. The plan is in line with “Michelle Obama’s stated second term agenda to ‘impact the nature of food in grocery stores,’” reports

While the feds’ plan deals mostly with the 47 million Americans who participate in the government’s food stamp program, it would indirectly affect all consumers.

[hal ogen]

Would the Worst Lady shut her considerable pie hole? The stupids cart will probably have her America-hating, Caucasian-hating voice. Will the carts tell the homeless to return them? Will the carts cost taxpayers lots of money? While I’m askoin’...will the nobama family be put in prison?

[TurboZamboni]

I wish they’d make talking EBT jobs and SSDI checks that said “ get a f***$%# job”.

[sheana]

I keep my cars nav unit, etc turned off. I call it the ‘_itch in the box’.

[RightGeek]

If my shopping cart starts talking to me peddling the Moocher's BS, it dies.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Why the hell not? Food prices are already up; let’s make em skyrocket!

[Carriage Hill]

Probably better.

[clearcarbon]

"Carts go through a lot of punishment and are outside in all types of weather,

...as well as exposure to imaginative hackers. I expect to be reading about some very politically incorrect shopping carts soon after these devices are released to the public.

[denydenydeny]

After forcing the grocery industry to spend tens of millions on new high-dollar shopping carts. Of course it will be the consumer who pays the final bill for it all.

And don't forget, big Democrat donors will get the contracts to build these $30K carts.