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Well as the president out -- that those automatic cuts ordered the economy and -- your help the First Lady is ramping up her own -- bush.
Michelle Obama visited Wal-Mart today to continue pushing it to sell more healthy -- Nutritionist and -- -- -- who's been complaining about cold it is.
C -- -- the First Lady is doing something good good message to Morris says while obesity is a problem it is not the White House's job.
To tell business or anyone else what to do about it could to have both of you with -- so on.
-- you like what she's trying to.
Yes it is now on national epidemic facing this country.
This is the first generation of American children who have a -- life expectancy then than their parents.
And it is time for the government to -- again -- -- part of the solution reverse that all right.
I can understand suggesting healthy eating but it gets to be another.
Strong -- doesn't right I mean it's true that there's a major obesity problem it's leading to -- consequences in terms of dog -- and other things.
Let telling that that firms -- they should be doing is not the business -- government and its nobody gonna help.
What we need to see is personal responsibility people need to take action to address the problem themselves -- purple and if if people aren't doing that.
And and and everyone's an advocate doing yourself don't and it's one ordered him but they're not doing its course -- -- -- a great deal.
Maybe it is time to the government stepped and it forced the issue that's one thing that the government could do to it to make things better and that is to change the structure of insurance Medicaid and -- -- -- Doesn't college people who.
-- more problematic.
Necessary -- etc.
if you if you if you could mean that it turns out that the the economic -- it costs about 500 dollars or thousand over the spending on how they're overweight law more.
Tick -- cover a person who is -- who -- So why don't charge things people fifty dollars -- a hundred goes mold.
If they causing that much reform that will reunions and device than -- than putting -- soda tax total.
You know capping the number of color which affects everybody right which -- -- at what many people.
You -- -- subject to these bans or restrictions and so on but I -- that makes cents -- -- zero and the First Lady is is sort of lump and everyone in with the same lumps.
-- so when we talk about the health care costs it's around a 190 billion dollars per year.
And when you look at who carries the burden if -- business so these big businesses.
You have an invested interest and creating.
And a healthier environment and -- -- you know I think I don't -- tiered plans that are reflective of the unhealthy -- workers they have in other words if -- that -- -- at a company you're paying probably more for your insurance anyway the only.
But only slightly and he wanted this room to the -- I think what's happening here with Wal-Mart and we're seeing with Disney.
Is what's interesting is that in the past there was no economic incentive for people make healthier choices.
And now due to big business is getting in Bob action reducing the cost of what was considered healthy food and making these options more readily available.
For I have that demographic that was most impacted -- being overweight.
Our sense of what's happening is businesses are seeing that there is -- changing consumption -- and he belong to money so -- reasoned response individuals all begin to promote healthier feeds and businesses are responding by.
-- -- -- -- -- that that the Ellison his cell Obama -- know Mike -- yeah it is here that it may be just by.
Her demeanor her behavior over her whole approach to exercise -- eating and all.
That's enough -- and if it was true.
That all she was -- with say hey look exercise more that means you but you are -- she's gone too far you've got people keep telling you done which he's.
Not meeting people and this is the problem and lets you do.
That's all you -- whose nanny people cannot -- them.
You know we try to educate and we tried to inspire and I believe that behind her messaging is not -- itself -- sentiments.
Once again it really is about inspiring -- that I don't -- you -- it and I never committed to see me naked mean they what -- -- recommendations to what Michelle Obama is trying to into differently my best.
Exercise more eat more whole foods the fact that Wal-Mart has -- and Bob.
They have noted that has TSE been able to reduce the cost the consumer what fruits and vegetables were costing them by 2.3 billion dollar have a look at that -- -- -- -- prices have gone up by phone.
Not now not gonna have not actually.
What happens in the past -- as as a stressing is that healthy food was considered so expensive that it nearly -- oil -- let me -- name.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Approach justifies.
The end.
-- be without a -- a repeat.
If -- -- continue to moaned out that then companies are going to split up to -- The -- of the government is to get what did -- -- create that dynamic we did demand will come and that but yesterday what's happening well I I don't buy yeah look I think you're right I mean if you look at -- -- These these things happening longer fool a Michelle Obama got on the scene.
So it's not it's really not come from Michelle Obama it's come from a changing hands -- -- and but it still have to trade much but I thought -- -- companies may be free to educate tell it to this tape.
In since advise people to bought a bit better products since -- government comes and that -- you believe that not backed.
That causes all sorts of problems and -- company companies are able to -- but toys that they're selling healthy food which is a problem right now right under all sorts of dictates from the from the Federal Trade Commission other bodies that restricted in what they can -- these -- go to daughter -- -- -- He may well I don't think you guys are we rent rent on time we have always dictated to commercial to get to -- -- -- It did it.
Obvious that you both very much -- next time don't whine about the hold a view we're grateful to you fantastic.
