Friday, March 6, 2015

Pizza Partisanship

   Pizza Partisanship


Paul Krugman, in today's (3/6) NYTimes points out that under the rhetoric of personal choice and "no nanny state," Republicans  are reaping most of the food companies' political contributions, including 99% of Pizza Hut's substantial funds.  
But without food labeling, which most Republicans oppose, how informed can personal choice be?  Meanwhile, health care costs attributed to US obesity increased by $315.8 billion in 2012, with additional costs in lost wages, decreased productivity, increased transportation, etc.