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Menu Labeling: Another Job-Killing Regulation in ObamaCare

will_8080 Wrote: Nov 25, 2012 12:17 PM

Oh my gosh. And look at all the nutritional information on our grocery store items. TAKE IT OFF! It's socialism! We don't NEED all these gubmint regulations. I don't need to know about calories and trans fats or SODIUM! Get rid of the nutional facts box and the list of ingredients and JUST LEAVE ME WITH GOOD OLD FASHIONED ADVERTISING like how wholesome it is. Let's go back to the days of the Founders! I don't even care if there's bacteria in the meat. NO REGULATIONS! Get rid of any science in food production and we'll simply pray to Jesus for HIS will like in the old days.

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tibby2 Wrote: Nov 25, 2012 12:23 PM

Jumps to the extreme to make a point and fails to do so.

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Menu Labeling: Another Job-Killing Regulation in ObamaCare

Problems in society are rarely solved by Washington bureaucrats yet they seem to have taken the adage, ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’ to heart. Accordingly, the government is addressing the nation’s growing obesity epidemic with a regulation: Section 4205, the menu labeling provision attached to ObamaCare meant to “aid consumers in selecting more healthful diets.” As currently written, however, the regulation will likely have job-killing effects and result in little, if any, significant reductions in obesity rates and/or improved health.

The provision requires chain restaurants with 20 or more locations, including franchises and perhaps some grocery...

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