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RevKellyn
bad food artificially cheaper by government. capitalists fault? agree that subsidies (like corn) are bad and should be removed.
RevKellyn
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Yes, corn farmers are Capitalists are they not? They lobbbied (bribed) Congress to grant them this subsidy. And other Capitalists profit with crap like HFCS, Corn Oil, milled corn, etc
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That everyone knows is over sugared (even if it weren’t written on every package).
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and people bought it. they chose a place to live, chose a super market to go to, and stood in the super market, and freely chose to purchase over sugared food.
RevKellyn
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people are buying stuff without HFCS so they are trying to put Natural Sweetener as a code word for it. Yes people can make their own decisions but industry makes it difficult.
RevKellyn
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Yes, people can shop at the right grocery stores and read the labels but not everyone has the time or the energy to do that. And the Corn industry is getting wise to the fact that.....