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completely disagree with @gargupie

all of this looks f*cking great!

you gotta ask yourself, what does issuing more permits and opening up more streets do? why do people need to resort to the black market to get permits?

because you have more demand for permits than supply. so let's simply this scenario. let's say there's X-number of permits available (and they're all taken). then there's a demand that's 1.3x the X-number. demand = supply x 1.3

so what happens if you increase the number of permits by 1/3, and meet the demand of permits? you have 33% more carts on the street.

You're not going to solve the problem between the cops and the vendors. You're not going to solve the problem of demand if it ever increases.
You're not going to solve the problem of this antiquated system of "i'm here first so i'm going to bully all the new people."

sure, it's part of the solution. but it just sounds so simple like that.

the best part about the marshmallow study is the high correlation they found between the kids who waited and where they end up in life.

does perfectly cooked tots mean they were good? also, do you drop your thing against frozen potato goods when it comes to tater tots? or do you think restaurants should make those fresh?

@redfish,
i'm not sure it works like that, does it? that's like saying the first person who buys the product is in charge of making sure the effects of production are counter balanced. When in fact, your demand on a second hand product is part of the price factored into the production of the product in the first place. in that the producer knows it can sell to a consumer, and the consumer knows it can be sold again at a thrift shop.

so your demand of the product helps the original producer to know, "hey i should make this." you're still not getting around the issue of if the factory produced X amount of pollution while producing a coat, how that is counter balanced. You're just giving an excuse to make yourself feel better about your choices.

when can people at the forefront of the food discussion start really talk about the fact that obesity is about eating too much. that's it. it doesn't even matter what you eat. seriously, corn fed beef vs grass fed, sustainably grow beef? look if all you eat is steak and burgers and meat loaf and french fries and chicken nuggets... and you sit on your ass all day, you'll be a fat mofo.

stopping subsidizing corn and soy will go a long way towards making other foods more competitive. here's where most people actually don't get it.

why would an end of subsidized corn and soy make it better? because it evens out the competitive market place. that means the cost of corn made products will increase in price. think cheetos or cocoa puff or corn flakes. or anything that uses corn sweetener. this means companies will have to resort to fighting for a limited amount of sugar because currently there's a limit to amount of imported sugar that we can get in this country. this will drive prices up to anything that's sweet. think oreos or snickers bars.

now here's where some of you seem to miss the point. if you think higher priced oreos and cheetos will make people change their choices, then so will a soda tax.

take the logic all the way through.

i definitely eat more around guys.

wow, aged meat on a $39 dollar menu, that sounds awesome!

ah, too bad you can't find clips of that Shaq show from a few summers ago, where he got Tyler Florence to come in and do a different menu. But at $1 per child, even he couldn't do anything. It's definitely cool to see that we have a pragmatic dude in the white house, who sees that we need more money towards this issue.

Oh and I wonder how much of the current "$2.68 for each meal served to a student" covers the union laborers. Gotta love a broken system, 'eh?

it seems that there's this backlash from people who feel this doesn't apply to them. and that's true for many people, but the fact is that the message is one that's important. and hey, this is what voters get. don't want a soda tax? well you get this instead.

wow, look at all the gelato in the display case... mmm...

it's really funny that they were voted in. since all the critics are quite vociferous in rejecting Rickshaw's as a legit contender. how come the Rickshaw lovers and blog reading population are mutually exclusive? where's the passionate defense of flavorless dumplings?