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minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIf the concern was really about health, they’d be regulating maximum sugar % in all sodas and candies, not banning them to the poor.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAnd if the concern was about people’s health, Trump wouldn’t have put RFK Jr into that job.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIf you want to buy sugar on your own dime, you can hurt your own health. But why should the government pay for it?
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 years agoIt is their own dime. The government is everybody, and it’s here to serve. Somehow they got in your head that they aren’t entitled to that, but they are. Edit: had/head
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoNo, public and private funds are different things
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoWhy should the government regulate how people eat based on their income?
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s not based on income. It’s based on whether the government is paying for it or the person is paying out of their own pocket. Similarly, school meals should be healthy and not include sweets and soda
If the concern was really about health, they’d be regulating maximum sugar % in all sodas and candies, not banning them to the poor.
And if the concern was about people’s health, Trump wouldn’t have put RFK Jr into that job.
If you want to buy sugar on your own dime, you can hurt your own health. But why should the government pay for it?
It is their own dime. The government is everybody, and it’s here to serve. Somehow they got in your head that they aren’t entitled to that, but they are.
Edit: had/head
No, public and private funds are different things
Why should the government regulate how people eat based on their income?
It’s not based on income. It’s based on whether the government is paying for it or the person is paying out of their own pocket.
Similarly, school meals should be healthy and not include sweets and soda