Buying what is good for you is just plain smart. In our Capitalist society, our most important 'vote' is our spending dollar. The money we spend accumulates in certain areas, and those 'areas' buy legislation.

When we spend wrecklessly, we squander our 'votes'. When we buy products with which we make ourselves unhealthy, we are buying influence for the people who would have us be sick. The buck stops here, where the consumer is joyfully engaging in genuinely healthy behavior. "Accept no cheap subsitutes for your well being".


Saying that McDonalds is good for the subsistance of people who would otherwise be on the street is a 'deliteful' thought... Or that McDonalds stock is an acceptable sorce of income for our retired elderly... Boulderdash I Say!

One could jump to conclusions immediately here, and say that Cancer is good for the economy, and that the community centered general stores of old were holding back 'progress'... ttr