Quote:Junkfood is often so cheap because of worker exploitation at the fast food chains. Pay them a proper wage and everyone wins.

 

Junk food cannot he characterized as a lower-cost substitute for good food.   It's a false dichotomy.  If the choice is between milk shakes or french fries and nothing, people would be better off eating nothing.   If the choice is between drinking regular coke or tap water, people are better off drinking tap water.   Good food is in no way unaffordable if you cut out the crap.

 

There's no excuse for people eating french fries, drinking milk shakes, drinking soft drinks.   Those are not substitutes for good food that supposedly costs more.  Those do more harm than good.   You're better off eating nothing.    So no one should say, people eat bad food because there's no good food available.  Get on the bus and go to the grocery store.  I have no sympathy for people who say, I'm eating the Dairy Queen because Publix is too far away. 

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