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Obamacare Vending Machine Mandate Expected to Cost Millions
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| 12/28/2013
| Sarah Jean Seman
Posted on 12/29/2013 7:36:41 AM PST by rktman
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What the heck? Why do I need reminded of all the contents, calories/fat/trans-fat/salt/glucose/Hg/Pb/ and on infinitum? I'm sure there's a lot of folks who DO read all the labels, but to madate it? On vending machines? Now you gotta stand in line to get a Snickers waiting for the folks ahead of you to read the labels? When are they going to mandate that you read the label and sign off on having read it? "Set Me Free Why Don't Ya Babe?" (Loved Vanilla Fudge version of the song) In fact, here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwfW9WwIXLk
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posted on
12/29/2013 7:36:41 AM PST
by
rktman
To: rktman
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posted on
12/29/2013 7:37:25 AM PST
by
rktman
(Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
To: rktman
I wonder if they will have to print signs in both Spanish and English ?
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posted on
12/29/2013 7:41:14 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
To: rktman
But at least the vending machines in Congress are exempt!
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posted on
12/29/2013 7:43:52 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: rktman
This was probably suggested by the snack manufacturers. Now they can make the portions even smaller to make room in the machines for the literature. Ink costs a lot less than chocolate.
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posted on
12/29/2013 7:48:21 AM PST
by
1raider1
To: 1raider1
Wake me up when the shooting starts.
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posted on
12/29/2013 7:51:13 AM PST
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
To: UCANSEE2
I’m certainly glad you recognized that Spanish would be first with sub-titles in english. LOL! Yo quiero taco bell? Or something.
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posted on
12/29/2013 7:55:28 AM PST
by
rktman
(Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
To: rktman
I am entirely in favor of this. People need a reminder in their faces, every damn day, of how ridiculous government regulation has become.
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posted on
12/29/2013 7:57:56 AM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: rktman
People don’t read labels. When a person wants a Snickers, he isn’t going to waste time reading up on the calories. He just has to have that Snickers right now!
To: rktman
This is ham handed all right. While to be perfectly fair these dear Democrats probably envisioned a little sticker, again like half baked schemes thought up by self-proud kids, it is going to be limiting in ways they did not envision and will now try to excuse rather than ameliorate. For example, right now several different $1 items could be put in a $1 slot one behind the other, just to fill the machine. They might not have the same calorie count. Now if one were to really press the issue, maybe a sticker on the front of the item would be considered OK but that does not match the language of the law.
I kind of like knowing that stuff, it helps me keep my snacking within reason when my eyes are bigger than my stomach, but why oh why has the private sector gotten so flaccid when standing up for good things? Could it be because it believed Uncle Sam could do everything and that Father God counted for nothing?
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12/29/2013 8:03:00 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: The Antiyuppie
Calories are probably helpful to know. For one thing it has assured me that McDonalds isn’t as sinful as some might lead you to believe. I can get that meal, WITH fries, and not blow my belly out of proportion, as long as I eat sanely all the day.
On the other hand. Why did it need Uncle Sam to make it happen, clumsily as it were. I don’t damn the private sector but I hold it accountable for not using whatever we do know to honor God.
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:06:59 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
LOL! “snacking within reason”. Blasphemy! (I know. A lot of folks need to keep it “real-er” than others.)
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:12:38 AM PST
by
rktman
(Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Wonder if Duck Dynasty candy bars will comply?
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:17:25 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: rktman
This will have the same blazing success as cancer warnings on cigarette packages. I know millions of people who have read each warning on each package, then they quit. (Or I am sure that must have happened, in Utopia.)
We need warning labels on all condom packages. And they must be read and acknowledged before use.
Labels must be in sign language for the blind (or maybe in dog language).
How do they know how many vending machines? Are they registered?
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:27:27 AM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
To: rktman
The people who live in this country are too stupid to figure this out by themselves. The Nazi Nannies are just looking out for us!
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:34:43 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(The Truth Is Out There. Just don't let anyone know that you're looking for it.)
To: Scrambler Bob
“How do they know how many vending machines? Are they registered?”
No problem, Homeland Security is hiring inspectors and acquiring the Prius’s for them to drive around inspecting with even as I write this.
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:42:29 AM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: rktman
It’s not enough that they’re pushing for $10 burgers but now they want $10 cokes, chips and candy bars.
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:43:37 AM PST
by
bgill
To: The Antiyuppie
I thought HS traveled in MRAPs?
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:43:47 AM PST
by
nascarnation
(Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
To: rktman
Does this mean that the manufacturer of said articles no longer have to have that info on the wrappers? Next thing, any building that has machines will have to have the fact, along with a comprehensive list, posted on the outsside door to the establishment. Then, the county will have to have signs that list all the establishments and the same info. Then the State will have to list the counties/establish,ments/machines info. Then all entries to the Country will have to have even more signs (that might be able to be integrated into a border fence because it will be a huge array of signs). And eventually, we will pay the Chinese to post a global set of signs on the moon to warn any aliens visitors of the hazards.
The sign makers will have a huge boost in employment...
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:53:17 AM PST
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: trebb
Don’t forget the permitting and licensing fees and surcharges to be added.
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posted on
12/29/2013 8:58:59 AM PST
by
rktman
(Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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