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Congress Pushes Back On Healthier School Lunches

Posted on November 16th, 2011 at 17:52 by John Sinteur in category: Foyer of Ennui (just short of the Hall of Shame) -- Write a comment

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Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do?

In an effort many 9-year-olds will cheer, Congress wants pizza and french fries to stay on school lunch lines and is fighting the Obama administration’s efforts to take unhealthy foods out of schools.

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This time around, food companies that produce frozen pizzas for schools, the salt industry and potato growers requested the changes and lobbied Congress.

Well, it could be worse – the US has a history of calling people who give out free breakfast to kids communist outlaws bent on overthrowing the U.S. government.

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