The children’s meal sold by McDonald’s called “The Happy Meal,” has a very appropriate name. It makes a person (not necessarily just a child) feel happy when they eat it because it is delicious. I see nothing wrong with that! The toy it comes with is just a bonus, not the reason for eating it.
Last week, San Francisco became the first major U.S. city to pass a law that would require that restaurant kids' meals meet certain nutritional standards before they could be sold with toys. The Board of Supervisors passed the law with a veto-proof 8-to-3 vote. The San Francisco law, taking effect on December 1, would allow toys to be given away with kids' meals that have less than 600 calories, contain fruits and vegetables, and include beverages without excessive fat or sugar.
One of the sane Supervisors who voted against the law was Donald Gage, who said parents should be responsible for their children. "If you can't control a 3-year-old child for a toy, God save you when they get to be teenagers," he said.
Supervisor Ken Yeager, who sponsored the measure said, "This ordinance prevents restaurants from preying on children's love of toys" to sell high-calorie, unhealthful food. "This ordinance breaks the link between unhealthy food and prizes."
No it doesn’t!
Unhealthy food that is battered and fried will be eaten sans toys. Give any child the choice between chicken McNuggets with no prize and an apple with a prize and I guarantee the youngster is going for the fried clucker. But it is the PARENTS’ responsibility to make sure their sons and daughters eat healthy, not the GOVERNMENT’S!
This summer, The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) threatened to sue McDonald's if it did not stop using Happy Meal toys “to lure children into its restaurants.” A lawyer for that group said it is on track to file the lawsuit in the next several weeks. CSPI calls itself the, "The organized voice of the American public on nutrition, food safety, health and other issues."
America is becoming, not happy! Everyday another law is passed somewhere to “protect us,” from ourselves. I want to be able to make my own decisions and not have some “organized voice” speaking for me.
The late comedian George Carlin said, “I do this real moron thing, its called thinking, and I’m not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.” I agrre with Carlin. Leave us alone on personal choice issues! I don’t understand why the Government feels it has to keep “saving us” from ourselves. Save me from Al- Qaida, not French fries!
First, they decided to tax bottled water, so I gave up water.
ReplyDeleteThen they decided to tax cigarettes, so its to Indiana for smokes.
Soon there was a tax on pop, so I switched to coffee.
Taxing alcohol & candy were the next steps, so instead of giving out candy for Halloween, I gave my shot glasses to the trick-or-treaters.
They also decided to tax toothpaste & shampoo! Now I'm running around Chicago w/ dirty, yellow teeth and unwashed, oily hair.
Now they're taking away the toys from the Happy Meals, possibly even in Chicago.
Like Michigan, Chicago is now looking to ban pre-mixed caffeinated liquor drinks such as Four Loko, which means its time to make homemade hooch. You can bet the Illinois legislator will soon follow suit.
What's next? A secret government plot to push cheese, yet they want to warn us to cut back how much fat we eat?!
All you lactose intolerant people better stock up on Lactaid. In fact, brokers should look into investing their money into this. I smell a win for the cheese industry and, once again, the medical industry!
Before you know it, they're going to start taxing the next drug: coffee.
Stop it and let me pick my poison!
Liz Lemon ain't happy the government's touching her night cheese
ReplyDeleteSue writes:
ReplyDelete"I SOOOOOOOO agree!!!!!!!!!! Happy meals have been around forever...certainly our government has better things to do with their time!!! Once in awhile treats should be for everyone!!"
Bob writes:
ReplyDelete"Love your concluding sentence."
Teresa K wrotes:
ReplyDelete"Parents need to be just that parents and not friends to their children. There is nothing wrong with an occasional “bad meal” for a growing, active little girl or boy. Having a 3yr old girl I will control and decide when she will have that treat and most of the time it’s on the fly. When she becomes of age and moves out, that is when she will make decisions for herself and how often she eats high calorie food.
The government should stay out of my personal life, I give them enough of my life every 2 weeks."