San Francisco has become the first major U.S. city to pass a law that cracks down on the popular practice of giving away free toys with unhealthy restaurant meals for children.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors passed the law on Tuesday on a veto-proof 8-to-3 vote. It takes effect on December 1.
The law, like an ordinance passed earlier this year in nearby Santa Clara County, would require that restaurant kids' meals meet certain nutritional standards before they could be sold with toys.
Effing jerks. Every last supervisor who voted for this.
Like we really need this level of government intrusion into our lives. Stay out of their bedrooms since that would be wrong--but the kitchen is fair game.
So if this doesn't solve the problem (let's see a show of hands of those who think this is the solution), what's next? Requiring kids to be fed at government cafeterias because the parents can't be trusted to feed their children with the correct foods?
