Who wrote this law? Herman Cain?
I think after this, we can safely classify the House GOP Caucus as a vegetable.
I’ve seen some idiotic bills come out of the GOP Caucus. I’ve seen some blatant bills where it’s obvious payback to campaign contributors and lobbyists.
This is an excellent example of both.
From ThinkProgress.org:
Earlier this year, the USDA made an attempt to bolster the nutrition guidelines for the federal school lunch program. Under the new guidelines, for instance, school lunches would be limited to one cup of starchy vegetables a week and the ability of schools to count tomato sauce on pizza towards their fruit and vegetables requirement would be scaled back. But House Republicans, in a new spending plan unveiled yesterday, have done away with those changes:
The spending bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. The department’s proposed guidelines would have attempted to prevent that.
The changes had been requested by food companies that produce frozen pizzas, the salt industry and potato growers. Some conservatives in Congress have called the push for healthier foods an overreach, saying the government shouldn’t be telling children what to eat.
According to a bill summary released by Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee, these provisions are meant to “prevent overly burdensome and costly regulations.” What they will actually do is ensure that a steady flow of dollars continues toward certain favored food manufacturers, at the expense of children’s health.
“We are outraged that Congress is seriously considering language that would effectively categorize pizza as a vegetable in the school lunch program,” said Amy Dawson Taggart, the director of Mission: Readiness, a group advocating for healthier school lunches. “It doesn’t take an advanced degree in nutrition to call this a national disgrace.”
Lost in the 21st Century 
Isn’t this asinine? I post the Yahoo News article on my blog as well. I was floored to say the least seeing the complete lack of long-term thinking in this bill. Given the rise in childhood obesity and increases in diabetes rates, how can they justify such action?
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