Do you think that this could happen here in the U.S.?

**freyadog** · 07-07-2008, 10:48 AM

Dropped in Millennium-Ark this morning as every morning to read what is going on around the world. This article from Great Britian caught my interest. do you think that this could happen here with our food supplies? Can the government stop grocery stores from having specials?

http://www.millennium-ark.net/NEWS/0....on.waste.html

**Jayne** · 07-07-2008, 10:53 AM

I would hope that this couldn't happen in the U.S., but who knows???...Scarey

**Russ** · 07-07-2008, 10:57 AM

ANYTHING is possible. Whoever thought 9/11 would/could happen?

**DonnainME** · 07-07-2008, 10:57 AM

WOW - I hope not.

**Greebo** · 07-07-2008, 11:01 AM

Yeah, it could happen, because we have a growing population that believes the Government's job is to take care of us, and thus that Government would be justified in meddling like this "for our own good".

**leezza** · 07-07-2008, 11:14 AM

This story creeps me out on so many levels......

leezza

**Jamauk** · 07-07-2008, 11:18 AM

I can see this happening very easily here in the US. As Greebo said, more and more people are turning to the gov't to take care of us and basically to "parent" us.

**The Muse** · 07-07-2008, 11:19 AM

I think anything is possible in THIS US.

**VanVivCam** · 07-07-2008, 11:23 AM

I hope not. It isn't the governments business to regulate our buying or their selling.

This is scarey

**angelbumpkin** · 07-07-2008, 11:29 AM

I see this happening here. We have a nosey government.

**Beki** · 07-07-2008, 11:35 AM

To be fair, i don't think it'll even happen here in the UK. We've been hearing news like this on an almost daily basis for the last 15 years.

The last prime minister didn't see it through, so i'm certainly not worried about this one, who hasn't got even half the backbone of the last PM. lol

**nancycg56** · 07-07-2008, 11:41 AM

It wouldn't surprise me if it did happen.

**champagnium** · 07-07-2008, 11:53 AM

I don't think that any gov't in North America or in Britain or Europe will stop sales in stores, however I do think there's a lot of food waste in society and that needs to be addressed. Too many people have a mindset where they "won't" eat leftovers,
only use particular parts and dispose of the rest, (ie. Chicken breasts only, but not the rest of the chicken) and simply prepare too much food. I think it's rather a given that on the whole, we waste too much, and our disposable society creates problems. That's why we must spread the word of frugal fabulousness

**inneedofhope** · 07-07-2008, 12:01 PM

I don't think it will. All they are proposing in rewording the marketing of the sale, not abolishing sales. Instead of seeing 5/$1 they want to see 20 cents each.
I don't see how it would make any difference in availability of food to the hungry in other parts of the world.