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Chewing Out the Food Industry

Pork-barrel politics are nothing new to Marion Nestle. When she moved to Washington, D.C., in 1986 to help craft the first Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health, she was told point-blank that the report could not recommend that Americans eat less meat, sugar, or–for that matter–any other food.

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Altoids has a $10-million-a-year advertising budget. That’s five times what the National Cancer Institute and the Produce for Better Health Foundation spend to encourage consumers to eat five fruits and vegetables a day.

Goes along with a story several Nutritionists told me. On the first day of classes during orientation they were told that unless there was a direct imediate medical need that all diets were to have red meat in them. Oh, and the biggest donar to the department was a Cattle group.

Debunking The Conservative Attack On Social Security, has lots of good info about Social Security. Bottom line things are lots better than the hysteria predicts.

Some choice quotes:

“The system is also efficient: the cost of administering Social Security is less than 0.7% of annual benefits, compared to administrative costs at private insurance companies that are on average more than 40 times as high.”

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Conservatives, then and now, know it’s far easier to minimize — or eliminate — programs that benefit only the poor.”

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This rationale was used in 1981 in arguing for the Reagan tax cuts. The rates were cut–and savings actually *declined*.

Debunking The Conservative Attack On Social Security, has lots of good info about Social Security. Bottom line things are lots better than the hysteria predicts.

Some choice quotes:

“The system is also efficient: the cost of administering Social Security is less than 0.7% of annual benefits, compared to administrative costs at private insurance companies that are on average more than 40 times as high.”

…

Conservatives, then and now, know it’s far easier to minimize — or eliminate — programs that benefit only the poor.”

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This rationale was used in 1981 in arguing for the Reagan tax cuts. The rates were cut–and savings actually *declined*.

Diary of a Start-Up

the rise and fall of ArsDigita
and lessons from the world of venture capital

Diary of a Start-Up

the rise and fall of ArsDigita
and lessons from the world of venture capital

Study shows that Oral sex makes pregnancies safer and more successful. Good news for those wanting to be fathers.

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Study shows that Oral sex makes pregnancies safer and more successful. Good news for those wanting to be fathers.

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An Open Letter to George W. Bush from Michael Moore