>>UPDATE : Crap, I almost forgot why I logged back on. This article was just forwarded to me, seemed timely given the nature of our discussion.
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>>Food industry decries tighter rules on marketing to kids
>>http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/27/food-industry-decries-tighter-rules-on-marketing-to-kids/
>>The government proposal would require that foods marketed to children and teens come from one of the following food groups: fruit, vegetable, whole grain, fat-free or low-fat milk products, fish, extra lean meat or poultry, eggs, nuts and seeds, or beans. They must also contain no more than trace amounts of saturated fat, trans fat, added sugars and sodium.
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>>Here's yet another proposed "freedom crimping" limitation.
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>>For clarity here's the freedom that's being crimped:
>>The proposed restrictions make foods already considered healthy under current FDA guidelines inappropriate to market to kids younger than 18. Of the 100 most-consumed products in the country, 88 would have to be reformulated to meet these criteria or simply go unadvertised.
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>The implication there is that 88% of the most consumed products are crap. Not going to enter into the debate about what should be done about it tho........

The implication is behavior controlling nanny-state elites cannot stand the fact that people buy products they do not approve of. So, instead of minding their own business, they're going to regulate them away because people are too stupid to make their own decisions.

Elitism: The belief that society should be governed by a select group of gifted and highly educated individuals

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