Influencing Public Policy For Good (Not Evil)

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I’m not at all interested in helping corporations advance their causes; most corporations don’t care about people and are all too happy to screw people over in order to make a profit. I would tell these fast food businesses to change; to raise their employees’ wages to a living wage, to allow employees to unionize, and to display nutritional information on their menus. I don’t think we should go as far as banning unhealthy fast foods but these businesses selling the questionable products should have to inform the public exactly what they are selling. If they are using genetically modified food the consumers have the right to know. The consumers have a right to know exactly what they are purchasing. Now if consumers choose to purchase the unhealthy product after given the appropriate information that is up to each individual. However the consumer can no longer feign ignorance in their consumer choices if they have the appropriate information in front of them. That is just my personal opinion, probably not one I would espouse if I was really interested in getting hired by the fast food corporations. Having said that I don’t imagine I would ever be supporting such corporations I would probably be helping the side trying to enact the laws; raising minimum wage, promoting unions, and advocating for nutritional information to be prominently displayed in restaurants. I’d be more inclined to lobby the fast food corporations to change their stand on the positions of minimum wage, unions, and food labeling requirements than I would in trying to promote their positions. Having said that since this is only a school assignment and no actual lobbying is being done I’ll sell my soul to the devil and advocate for the fast food corporations.
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