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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

It's The Toys' Fault, Not The Parents', Obviously

The county Board of Supervisors in Santa Clara County, California, has voted to ban the sale of toys and other promotional items in high-calorie meals packaged specifically for children. That would be McDonalds' Happy Meals and similar. No more toys. The toys make children fat, apparently. The ban was approved on a 3-2 vote, with one of the nay-voters giving the money quote of the day:

"If you can't control a 3-year-old child for a toy, God save you when they get to be teenagers" Supervisor Donald Gage (who is himself overweight)

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