On Dec 5, 11:00 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Obama's Child Nutrition Bill Grants to Goverment Power Over School Bake
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> 5, 2010 at 5:00 AM | Tags: bake
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> You will learn to love the nanny state. I'm the food Nazi!
>
> The federal power grab continues. They only do it because they care, not
> because they're power-hungry. The brownie police are coming to a school near
> you.
>
> How about concentrating more on education and less about being food Nazis to
> the children.
>
> CNSNews.com<http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/hold-brownies-bill-could-limit-ba...>
> reports:
>
> Don't touch my brownies! A child nutrition bill on its way to President
> Barack Obama - and championed by the first lady - *gives the government
> power to limit school bake sales and other fundraisers that health advocates
> say sometimes replace wholesome meals in the lunchroom.*
>
> Republicans, notably Sarah Palin, and public school organizations decry the
> bill as an unnecessary intrusion on a common practice often used to raise
> money.
>
> "This could be a real train wreck for school districts," Lucy Gettman of the
> National School Boards Association said Friday, a day after the House
> cleared the bill. "*The federal government should not be in the business of
> regulating this kind of activity at the local level."*
>
> The legislation, *part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to stem
> childhood obesity*, provides more meals at school for needy kids, including
> dinner, and directs the Agriculture Department to write guidelines to make
> those meals healthier.* The legislation would apply to all foods sold in
> schools during regular class hours, including in the cafeteria line, vending
> machines and at fundraisers*.
>
> Yes, its being paid by taking money away from those receiving food
> stamps<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/us/24food.html>
> benefits.
>
> It wouldn't apply to after-hours events or concession stands at sports
> events.
>
> Public health groups pushed for the language on fundraisers, which
> encourages the secretary of Agriculture to* allow them *only if they are
> infrequent. The language is broad enough that a *president's administration
> could even ban bake sales,* but Secretary Tom Vilsack signaled in a letter
> to House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif.,
> this week that he does not intend to do that. The USDA has a year to write
> rules that decide how frequent is infrequent.
>
> Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says the bill
> is aimed at curbing daily or weekly bake sales or pizza fundraisers that
> become a regular part of kids' lunchtime routines. She says selling junk
> food can easily be substituted with nonfood fundraisers.
>
> "These fundraisers are happening all the time," Wootan said. "It's a pizza
> sale one day, doughnuts the next... It's endless. *This is really about
> supporting parental choice.* Most parents don't want their kids to use their
> lunch money to buy junk food. They expect they'll use their lunch money to
> buy a balanced school meal."
>
> Not all see it that way.
>
> Palin mocked the efforts last month by bringing a plate of cookies to a
> school speech in Pennsylvania. Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, the senior
> Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, said the federal
> government "has really gone too far" when it is deciding when to hold bake
> sales.
>
> Some parents say they are perplexed by what the new rules might allow.
>
> In Seminole, Fla., the Seminole High Warhawks Marching Band's booster club
> held a bake sale to help send the band's 173 members to this year's Macy's
> Thanksgiving Day parade in New York. One of the bake sale's specialties: New
> York-style cheesecake, an homage to the destination they'd pursued for 10
> years.
>
> "Limiting bake sales is so narrow-minded," said Laura Shortway, whose
> 17-year-old daughter, Mallory, is a drummer in the band. "Having bake sales
> keeps these fundraisers community based, which is very appealing to the
> person making the purchase."
>
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