Ross wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
> news:475c3e4d@news.povray.org...
>> On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:24:07 -0800, Darren New wrote:
>>
>>> Incidentally, in the US, it's often cheaper to eat out at an inexpensive
>>> restaurant (like pizza of McD) than to buy fresh food to prepare at
>>> home. That's why poor people get fat here.
>> I don't know about cheaper, but easier it certainly is.  Especially with
>> a bunch of kids that need to be fed.
> 
> Cheaper. Subsidized corn makes up the most used ingredient in everything on 
> the menu at a place like McDonalds. From the filler in the meat (and what do 
> they feed the meet factories? corn... they feed corn to an animal that is 
> specialized to eat grassy greens. wtf), to the breading around the meat, the 
> buns, french fries (what potatos?), beverage and salad dressing.

I've been to McDonald's.  I've been to the grocery store.  The grocery 
store is only more expensive if you insist on buying prepared foods.  I 
have built lunches for less than a dollar each by shopping in bulk; 
these meals were not as entertaining as some people would find to their 
liking, but they were nutritionally adequate.

People who can afford *any* restaurant on a regular basis are not poor, 
and any definition of poor that includes such people is faulty.

Regards,
John

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