Junk Food Companies Can't Have It Both Ways
An apple a day and eating your peas used to lead to good health. Now, according to major food manufacturers, they are “job killers” that will devastate the American economy.
The food lobby’s arguments are contradictory and wrong. They alternate between saying, on one hand, the voluntary marketing guidelines won’t make a difference in reducing obesity among American children while, on the other hand, they are unnecessary government intrusions into an industry that is already reducing its advertising to children. Which is it?
L.A.'s Living Wage Ordinance Isn't a Job Killer
Despite the dire warnings of former Mayor Richard Riordan, the L.A. Chamber of Commerce and many other business organizations, which opposed requiring airport contractors to pay a living wage, competition for LAX food concessions is more vigorous than ever. More proof that businesses and good wages and benefits for workers can coexist.
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"[Regulations in the Clean air Act] could effectively ban important new large-scale construction in the future. "
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Time and again, conservatives and business groups have "cried wolf" to delay, prevent and weaken common sense regulations that save lives, clean our environment and make our families more secure. The Cry Wolf Project debunks these claims, demonstrating that these reforms in fact led to real, positive results. 