LA Bans Fast Food Restaurants in Poor Neighborhoods
The Los Angeles City Council doesn’t want the poor people to eat. That’s not what they’ll tell you, though. The City Council is in the last stages of passing an ordinance restricting and/or prohibiting the construction of fast food restaurants in and around South Central LA.
The Council says it’s not trying to starve the po’ people, but trying to help them, yeah right:
This ordinance is in no way attempting to tell people what to eat but rather responding to the need to attract sit-down restaurants, full service grocery stores, and healthy food alternatives. Ultimately, this ordinance is about providing choices—something that is currently lacking in our community.
What a crock of shit! Now, the Public Gym doesn’t recognize fast food as any kind of health food, but to deny people, it doesn’t matter if you’re poor or rich, the right to choose which food they want to eat is against civil liberties.
I don’t know about you, but when I was poor, I couldn’t afford healthy food at the grocery store, I lived off of Ramen noodles, Rice A Roni, and mac and cheese, and oh yeah, the McDonalds Dollar Menu! I had absolutely no money to sit down at Applebee’s and have a three course meal. And I can only assume that in South Central, LA, and every other poor neighborhood in the U.S., that it’s basically the same as in my small case.
These people need to eat. It’s not a matter of choice, it’s a matter of necessity! It’s also a matter of education. Educate the people on how to eat healthier. Even McDonalds has salads and yogurt…
I bet Beverly Hills has blocks of fast food restaurants….