Who Eats the Most Fast Food? Not Who You’d Expect

By Filed under Interesting Links on November 23, 2011 with 3 comments

Middle- to upper-income Americans eat the most fast food, rather than low-income populations.

Hospital mergers associated with increased treatment intensity and higher inpatient mortality rates.

In a kidney transplant, everybody gets paid except the donor. (video) David Henderson commentary.

What kind of effort it takes to pay no taxes on $14 billion in profits? General Electric filed a whopping 57,000-page federal tax return.

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  1. Brian says:
    November 23, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    I wonder what the Samuels firm would have charged to do G.E.’s taxes.

    What doesn’t get talked about enough is that our high corporate rate puts us at a disadvantage to many nations.

  2. Devon Herrick says:
    November 23, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    In a kidney transplant, everybody gets paid except the donor.

    I’ve also observed that. What’s more, the very people who oppose compensating the donor’s family for organs are the ones who collect and sell donated organs.

    Middle- to upper-income Americans eat the most fast food, rather than low-income populations.

    I don’t know where the myth came from that low-income households eat a lot of fast food. Fast food is actually rather expensive. Low-income families are more likely to take advantage of food stamps and cook at home.

  3. Gary says:
    November 23, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    I like David Henderson’s observation. Everybody makes money except the person who make’s another’s life possible.