Reply #135: Now just a cotton pickin' minute here.....this line is scapegoating

[54anickel]

This capital commitment is likely to hold down the nation's productivity and its competitiveness in global markets.

Hey, free markets baby!!!

We use high fructose corn syrup in nearly everything cuz it's cheap to use and a little bit goes a long, long way! That's capitalism and ingenuity at it's finest!

We refine our grains to the point where we have enrich them to put freaking nutrients back in, but hey, that bushel of wheat goes a long, long way too.

Our workers put in longer hours, and get less time off than their "lazy European counterparts" attributing to higher levels of stress and cortisol...basically we're working ourselves to death chasing that elusive Murikan dream of becoming independently wealthy.

Then there's fast food, junk food, addicting food. Granted no one is strapping us to our couches and pouring it down our throats, but they're not being completely honest here either.

There's an entire weight loss industry built around those couch spuds and the drug industry's bottom line is helped more by unhealthy than healthy Murikans. Free market enterprise, that's what it's all about!!! :eyes: