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Comment Re:stupid idea (Score 1) 168

And who do you think is going to pay for hiring those additional people? Hint: it's not coming out of the CEO's bonus, that's for sure.

The business will still be paying the same hourly rate. The employees that are dropping down from 40 hours to 32 hours will get paid less. The total cost to the business will remain the same (ignoring training costs for the new hires etc).

Comment Well duh (Score 5, Insightful) 221

But the Washington Post reports dozens of food manufacturers are now "claiming the new standards are draconian and will result in most current food products not making the cut

That's kind of the point. If it's not healthy it shouldn't be branded as healthy. Food has too much sugar.

The proposed rule, if finalized, they said, would violate the First Amendment rights of food companies and could harm both consumers and manufacturers. The Sugar Association has an issue with the added sugar limit

Unhealthy food harms consumers. And of course the Sugar Association would have an issue with the sugar limit, just as tobacco companies had issues when governments started cracking down on that.

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