A+99+Cent+Burger?

Jennifer Onaga & Breanna Landry "The ninety-nine-cent price of a fast-food hamburger simply doesn’t take account of that meal's true cost –– to soil, oil, public health, the public purse, etc., costs which are never charged directly to the consumer but, indirectly and invisibly, to the taxpayer (in the form of subsidies), the health care system (in the form of food-borne illnesses and obesity), and the environment (in the form of pollution), not to mention the welfare of the workers in the feedlot and the slaughterhouse and the welfare of the animals themselves" (Pollan 326).

"...I take him outside and point at his car. 'Sir, you clearly understand quality and are willing to pay for it. Well, food is no different: You get what you pay for.' " (244)

"He reminded me that his meat would be considerably cheaper than it is if not for government regulations and the resulting high cost of processing - at least a dollar cheaper per pound. 'If we could just level the playing field - take away the regulations, the subsidies, and factor in the health care and environmental cleanup costs of cheap food - we could compete on price with anyone.'" (393

"So feeding ruminants corn came to make a certain economic sense-I say 'certain' because that statement depends on the particular method of accounting our economy applies to such questions, one that tends to hide the high cost of cheap food produced from corn" (200).