In response to Michele Obama, the LA Unified School District got rid of chocolate and strawberry milk, chicken nuggets, corn dogs, nachos and other food high in fat, sugar and sodium. Instead, district chefs concocted such healthful alternatives as vegetarian curries and tamales, quinoa salads and pad Thai noodles. According to the LA Times, the program "has been a flop". Massive amounts of food are going to waste, and there is a thriving black market in food that the students actually want to eat.
All of this is quite predictable -- at least to anyone who has ever run a business (which excludes Michele and her cohorts who always know what's best for you). I learned long ago that whenever you hear someone utter the words "the customer will just have to learn to _______" there is a disaster impending. Of course, government never thinks of the populace as customers to be served, but as sheep to be herded. Which explains why so many government programs are "flops".
Didn't this country learn anything from Prohibition?
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