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[–] DickMcFluffin 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

damn....

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[–] PsiloTheWolf 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago 

Theres a lot more economic impact from fats than just the food. All the fuel used to make and transport it, packaging, extra fuel from vehicles and planes hauling all the excess lard around, the constantly destroyed clothing from fats never ending expansion, broken chairs, medical costs, it just goes on and on and on.

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[–] realTalk4U 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

It really does. They hit with societal costs, but also personal costs. You know how many items I've had a fat take and break, without asking for permission? Too many to count. And how many times have they offered to compensate me for the loss? Zero. Just being around fats will hit you in the pocketbook.

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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

The worst part is that no one will address the issue. You hear all this fear talk about waste and the environment and the solutions always ignore the huge, gaping causes. Was it California that banned straws to save the environment while 90% of the waste is dumped by Asia and Africa? Yeah, those straws will make a big difference. The everyday consumer who probably drives 40 minutes a day is told they must buy a more economical, joyless, electric car while no one is forcing the aviation, transport, mining, power generation, or shipping industries, all of which spew massive amounts of exhaust 24/7, are never told maybe they should be more efficient. Then with your example, we have more biodegradable products and packaging, but no one wants to talk about the fact that so much of what is produced goes straight to waste. I learnt the other day that my tiny, irrelevant state, South Australia, pays the highest electricity rates in the world because we keep doubling down on solar and wind and it keeps failing. So much expense was made getting the end consumers to install solar panels as well as taxpayer-funded subsidies from the government, and not only did it make things worse, and not only are owners of single person apartments like me paying almost $1K/year to run a computer, a bar fridge, and a light bulb, but there isn't a peep about the huge industrial and commercial power drawers that don't have to comply.

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[–] GoodLordAgain1 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Big Food is a huge lobbyist in the US. What we need is to demand a policy shift. Our gov't encourages huge corporate farms to grow cash crops. Some European countries have done things like pay farmers to transition back to food crops: berries, etc. At the federal level our government is encouraging fats to get fatter, and the healthcare costs of that are going to break us in the near future.

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[–] DeadMary 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

While we're at it, politics in this country also run on fat. Or rather, the unspoken fuel of political stale mates. Both sides of the aisle realize that the second they point out how unhealthy everyone is, and takes active measures to reverse or prevent further trends, the fats from that party will automatically leave for the other party.

Fats have no party loyalty, they will pledge their lives to whichever party caters to their fat asses. Mark my words, fatties will flip faster than the hotcakes they shove down their throats.