To continue my unannounced Earth Day series of interesting articles & causes, I’d like to point to one of my new favorite writers, Michael Pollan, and his latest NY Times article on the cost of foods in America. To summarize, it posits that poor people are suffering from obesity in greater proportions than the general population not because they are making bad food choices, but because our beloved farm subsidy program actually makes it cheaper to eat junk food than it does to eat fruits & vegetables.
I’d love to see someone do the math on what the obesity epidemic costs the American taxpayer; paying Medicare/Medicaid for all these people who are bound for long-term health problems can’t be cheap. When you add the $25B a year we’re spending on farm subsidies, logic might dictate that a change is in order.
A shout out to Doug for sending me a link that eventually led to this article!!
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