Comments on: The land of the free and the home of limited food supplies http://veryness.com/2008/04/24/the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-limited-food-supplies/ Sat, 19 May 2012 16:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: peter http://veryness.com/2008/04/24/the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-limited-food-supplies/#comment-89 peter Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:39:43 +0000 http://veryness.com/2008/04/24/the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-limited-food-supplies/#comment-89 i'm fairly sure fuel rationing in the 70's WAS a government initiative. example: hurricanes - some stores would limit the number of supplies because of the emergency and supply/demand. even still, it's a decision of the vendor, based on meeting their own needs, not a government decision limiting your freedoms. when charged language like "Food rationing" is used, it hearkens images of food lines in Russia, where you are only allowed by law to get a certain amount of food. "We're rationing food?" - no. We as a country are not. According to your same line of thinking, if in my house, I ration my daughter to one cookie a day, I could post a story about it and end it by saying "We're rationing food? In the US?" ha i’m fairly sure fuel rationing in the 70’s WAS a government initiative.

example: hurricanes - some stores would limit the number of supplies because of the emergency and supply/demand. even still, it’s a decision of the vendor, based on meeting their own needs, not a government decision limiting your freedoms.

when charged language like “Food rationing” is used, it hearkens images of food lines in Russia, where you are only allowed by law to get a certain amount of food.

“We’re rationing food?” - no. We as a country are not. According to your same line of thinking, if in my house, I ration my daughter to one cookie a day, I could post a story about it and end it by saying “We’re rationing food? In the US?”

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]]> By: Nathan Clark http://veryness.com/2008/04/24/the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-limited-food-supplies/#comment-88 Nathan Clark Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:03:00 +0000 http://veryness.com/2008/04/24/the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-limited-food-supplies/#comment-88 Point me to an example where they limit what you can actually purchase and not just what you can purchase at their crazy weekly special. I'm unsure how "limiting the number of items a person can buy at a time" is no rationing. Wasn't the fuel rationing of the 70s simply limiting the number of gallons people could buy for simple reasons of supply and demand? Point me to an example where they limit what you can actually purchase and not just what you can purchase at their crazy weekly special.
I’m unsure how “limiting the number of items a person can buy at a time” is no rationing. Wasn’t the fuel rationing of the 70s simply limiting the number of gallons people could buy for simple reasons of supply and demand?

]]> By: peter http://veryness.com/2008/04/24/the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-limited-food-supplies/#comment-87 peter Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:48:41 +0000 http://veryness.com/2008/04/24/the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-limited-food-supplies/#comment-87 come on, nathan...we're not RATIONING FOOD. Ha. The government has nothing to do with this. It's purely supply and demand. It's just like any retailer limiting the number of items a person can buy at a time. Happens often. The retailer can choose to do this by price controls (raise the price, people buy less) or by limiting the number people can purchase. Nothing to do with food rationing in the sense you refer to it. come on, nathan…we’re not RATIONING FOOD. Ha. The government has nothing to do with this. It’s purely supply and demand. It’s just like any retailer limiting the number of items a person can buy at a time. Happens often. The retailer can choose to do this by price controls (raise the price, people buy less) or by limiting the number people can purchase. Nothing to do with food rationing in the sense you refer to it.

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