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in New HampshirePlease rescue me...
Why do people not understand the simple concept that government should not meddle in the free market?
If people really wanted to know this then they would lobby for it by contacting the restaurant. While the cost of putting this will be minimal, the cost will just be passed to the consumer, which of course will raise food tax revenue, etc. After all it wasn't until recently that Quizno's posted calories of their products on the web and they still refuse to let consumer know what ingredients they use. Is Quizno's hurting? I don't think so...it's because for the most part people don't care about knowing this data much less does it sway them for the most part to change their eating habits.
Furthermore, doesn't this discriminate? Why should Burger King or Taco Bell have to post their calories but not Ruth's Chris? Finally, I haven't read the legislation, but I assume that the definition of chain isn't explained very well thus Ruth's Chris might have to be put into the same category as Taco Bell.
Regardless, adults are adults and the state should not treat them as kids. By doing so they just dumb us down more.
First it was nutritional information and ingredients must be listed, then they told us what we could eat when the ban on duck liver occurred (in some cities), they ban smoking in restaurants, and now they want this. What's next?
The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously Tuesday to require all city chain restaurants to post calorie data on their menus.
If people really wanted to know this then they would lobby for it by contacting the restaurant. While the cost of putting this will be minimal, the cost will just be passed to the consumer, which of course will raise food tax revenue, etc. After all it wasn't until recently that Quizno's posted calories of their products on the web and they still refuse to let consumer know what ingredients they use. Is Quizno's hurting? I don't think so...it's because for the most part people don't care about knowing this data much less does it sway them for the most part to change their eating habits.
Furthermore, doesn't this discriminate? Why should Burger King or Taco Bell have to post their calories but not Ruth's Chris? Finally, I haven't read the legislation, but I assume that the definition of chain isn't explained very well thus Ruth's Chris might have to be put into the same category as Taco Bell.
Regardless, adults are adults and the state should not treat them as kids. By doing so they just dumb us down more.
First it was nutritional information and ingredients must be listed, then they told us what we could eat when the ban on duck liver occurred (in some cities), they ban smoking in restaurants, and now they want this. What's next?
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