Reason #3

Because this should not be a debate.

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The richest country in the world now has to have this conversation: Should we put children in foster care (government care) because families are showing negligence toward their child's health problems related to obesity?

The government just deemed pizza a vegetable in school lunches.

Sounds like we're in a bit of a pickle.

Reason #2

Because USA is #1.

Many Americans claim that the USA is the best nation in the world. I'm not here to debate that.

But, like the saying goes, you're only as good as the weakest link. Unfortunately, because we are on a non-stop train to infinite inequality, we are increasing the amount of weak links. Policies are coming out of Washington that only increase the gap between the rich and poor, and therefore every public sector suffers.

We're only as good as our weakest link, our weakest policy. Tomato paste is a vegetable, which is not even kept at the same consistency as it ought to. Rather, it is diluted of most of its nutrients and frozen onto a brick dough for months before consumption by the future generation of leaders in the United States.

This pizza is not good enough for the future leaders of the "#1 nation" in the world. The school lunches served to our future is a reflection of our congress' priorities. If the youth are not # 1, who is? The frozen pizza industry? The potato industry? I wouldn't eat it, and I doubt our congressmen and women would be willing to eat it. Therefore, it's simply not good enough for #1.

Reason #1

"You can use a knife to kill someone, or you can use a knife to cut vegetables." Thich Nhat Hanh

Because you cannot cut tomato paste with a knife, it is not a vegetable.

I understand tomato paste has nutrients in it, and it should be given credit for just that. But that's it. It can go in a different category; maybe one that is called processed food that is made from a vegetable.

There are vegetables and then there are processed foods that are turned into a puree and slabbed on a crust and slathered with cheese loaded with fat and other processed junk.

SInce you can't cut the paste with a knife, it's not a vegetable. The knife is hence useless and is now available to kill someone.
Tsk tsk.