While I do not blindly trust what my own (or any other) government produces, I found this 2007 graph interesting. On the right is the recommended amounts of various food groups for a healthy life. On the left is where the united States government spends its money in food subsidies:
The article behind it is available on the website for the “Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.”
In this case, “subsidy” means that the government taxes you and then pays part of the price for something. In other words, the government is buying half (or some percentage) of each Big Mac in your name whether you eat at McDonald’s or not. The same goes for Whataburger and White Castle.
This is why I dislike government’s redistribution of wealth. It moves work and production around in an unnatural manner. As a slight tangent, the ethynol (corn alcohol) in your gas tank is also subsidized in order to make it appear to cost less than standard fossil fuels.
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Odin on
figures.
McDonald’s*
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Chris on
Yes, that.
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garrettw on
I just did a Google image search for McDonald’s to verify that the apostrophe does indeed appear in their logo (it does)—but it wasn’t long before the images of food started to affect me. It’s 3 AM and I haven’t eaten anything substantial since supper. WHY NOW‽
I suppose I should check my email earlier in the day.
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Chris on
Corrected once again. And you should eat.
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garrettw on
“Corrected once again”? No, you had it right with the apostrophe before the “s”.
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Chris on
No, I didn’t have any apostrophe.
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garrettw on
Sure you did, after you edited it the first time.
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garrettw on
I’m sick of the way our government subsidizes agriculture.
Submitted by
Chris on
... guess so.
Submitted by
Sarah on
Yeah, hilarious, because in Thailand I can make a fresh salad for pennies….
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Chris is an ideologue who acknowledges Murphy’s existence.
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Submitted by Odin on
figures.
McDonald’s*
Submitted by Chris on
Yes, that.
Submitted by garrettw on
I just did a Google image search for McDonald’s to verify that the apostrophe does indeed appear in their logo (it does)—but it wasn’t long before the images of food started to affect me. It’s 3 AM and I haven’t eaten anything substantial since supper. WHY NOW‽
I suppose I should check my email earlier in the day.
Submitted by Chris on
Corrected once again. And you should eat.
Submitted by garrettw on
“Corrected once again”? No, you had it right with the apostrophe before the “s”.
Submitted by Chris on
No, I didn’t have any apostrophe.
Submitted by garrettw on
Sure you did, after you edited it the first time.
Submitted by garrettw on
I’m sick of the way our government subsidizes agriculture.
Submitted by Chris on
... guess so.
Submitted by Sarah on
Yeah, hilarious, because in Thailand I can make a fresh salad for pennies….