A passionate gripe of mine is the so-called "conservatives" mangling of the term conservative. Regardless of which political party has been in power over the last 75-years until recent decades, the true mark of a conservative was the adage, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cures."
Healthy diets prevent catastrophic disease, public transportation reduces pollution, and our highways and railways transport healthy perishable food stuffs to you before it spoils.
As a nation, the USA has tilted in favor of Jerry-rigging. a blind eye or dismissing necessary upgrades and maintenance with an offhanded comment, make-do and be grateful for what you have.
The recent passenger train wreck on the outskirts of Philadelphia with hundreds of injuries and to date eight deaths points out the fallacious reasoning of Congress. Notwithstanding, the horrible train wreck, Congress turned down funding requests by Amtrak and instead chose to decrease funding for the entire rail industry.
Funding for rail lines, upgrades for railroad cars, technology upgrades and maintenance have been steadily declined since the 1990s. Regardless of use and regardless of the utility of rail travel for food and people.
Coincidentally, the same penny-wise attitude that cuts the transportation of healthy foodstuffs to the young and old has additionally opted for boxed and canned cheap food loaded with starches, carbohydrates, sugar and salt.
The long health cost is astronomical; obesity, diabetes and coronary artery disease aren't cheap to treat. These costs cannot be measured entirely in penny and pounds. An unhealthy diet is a loss of brain power and optimum quality of life.
Instead of looking for temporary quick fix sugar rushes. Wouldn't it be nice to change the conversation to a solid no-frills plan of action.
