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Big Corporations have no place at the government teat

Good Lord... First it's General Electric whose president is now sitting on the Jobs Council Now Michelle is teaming up with Wal-Mart for a new Five Year Plan:

Wal-Mart Shifts Strategy to Promote Healthy Foods
Wal-Mart, the nation�s largest retailer, will announce a five-year plan on Thursday to make thousands of its packaged foods lower in unhealthy salts, fats and sugars, and to drop prices on fruits and vegetables.

The initiative came out of discussions the company has been having with Michelle Obama, the first lady, who will attend the announcement in Washington and has made healthy eating and reducing childhood obesity the centerpiece of her agenda. Aides say it is the first time Mrs. Obama has thrown her support behind the work of a single company.

From Garden Serf (hat tip for the link):

Five Year Plans �God Help Us
When I read Wal-Mart and Michelle Obama had announced a �Five Year Plan� together when it came to providing food in America, I immediately recalled the numerous Five Year Plans of the Soviet Union. (�Aides say it is the first time Mrs. Obama has thrown her support behind the work of a single company�.Some say the company has almost as much power as federal regulators to shape the marketplace.�) It seemed fitting that this announcement came from America�s biggest big box mega-mart which is itself eerily reminiscent of the the USSR State Store. The one store that sells everything when it came to common consumer goods was something planned for by Lenin in his writings.

Here are some pictures from the �old� USSR after many Five Year Plans had been successfully accomplished (as per official State statistics):

We saw a taste of this with Jimmy Carter's gas lines - state regulated commerce. Our "leaders" are failing their history lessons... Posted by DaveH at January 23, 2011 11:00 AM