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The_Onion

Eliminating beef and chicken, along with processed foods (anything that will it on a shelf in a pantry for over a year- other than beans) will solve a lot of the problems people have with food budgets and make you healthier in the end. Going without snacking will also save you money, but if you do get hungry throughout the day, like I do, there are some low cost options, such as bananas and almonds. Plus, stop drinking bottled water, canned beverages, and juices that contain more additives than actual fruit juice. They are a waste of money and bad for your health.

I have friends who are athletes that obtain peak performance without massive amounts of protein. They eat a lot of grains and legumes. Some of them are even vegans and they have no problem with energy or keeping on muscle- if that's important to you.

Education about what real food is and what it is not; access to healthy options and low-cost bulk items; neighborhood gardens; back-yard chicken coops for eggs; and the eradication of fast "food" in our neighborhoods would go a long way to solving some of the food and health problems in our community.

I can appreciate that the President made an effort to support local businesses. The Aria hotel, as well as many of the other Strip properties, are LEED certified, so I think this was more about supporting small business owners than anything. Kudos!

I love how none of the global warming deniers I've spoken with complained about fossil fuel subsides over the past 5 decades... or the obscene profits of the oil industry. I say we put the solution to global warming in the hands of the private capital markets, steer the effort with a little regulation and a whole lot of incentives. Next, we take the externalized costs of fossil fuel (the value of the ghg emissions) and we return a portion of those consumer costs, get this, back to consumers in the form of energy efficiency upgrades and in some cases, utility bill assistance. This places the burden of cleaning up the air on polluters, NOT consumers, and in turn helps utilities navigate the change without taking a big hit with their shareholders due to incentives and gradual elimination of old, dirty power plants. It's definitely more complicated, but the general idea is that like most economic challenges in this country, we must use carrots and sticks.

"This benefits all of the members of the Building Trades Council and is exactly what workers need right now. In essence, high-speed fail will help get Southern Nevada's economy back on track and we are proud to be a part of that process."

Yep, he said it... "high speed fail".

Nuff said.

Why would we ever expect to get a professional sports franchise in this town? At the height of our "boom cycle" with the happiest mayor in the universe we couldn't succeed in drawing a team, so why would building a sports arena do the trick? This city, this community, would do far better to invest in education and research, clean energy technologies and transit before building an arena.

If you want to create jobs here, stop relying so much on construction and diversify the non-gaming economy.