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Ian Cheney:
We've heard from some people that they think there is too much food. Earl L. Butz:
Well it's the basis of our affluence now, the fact that we spend less on food. It's America's best-kept secret. We feed ourselves with approximately 16 or 17% of our take home pay. That's marvelous, that's a very small chunk to feed ourselves. And that includes all the meals we eat at restaurants, all the fancy doodads we get in our food system. I don't see much room for improvement there, which means we'll spend our surplus cash on something else
We've heard from some people that they think there is too much food. Earl L. Butz:
Well it's the basis of our affluence now, the fact that we spend less on food. It's America's best-kept secret. We feed ourselves with approximately 16 or 17% of our take home pay. That's marvelous, that's a very small chunk to feed ourselves. And that includes all the meals we eat at restaurants, all the fancy doodads we get in our food system. I don't see much room for improvement there, which means we'll spend our surplus cash on something else
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CURT We've heard from some people that they
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think there's too much food
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What do you think of that
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Well it's the basis of our affluence now the fact that
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we've spent this on food
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It's America's best kept secret
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We feed ourselves with approximately 16 or 17 of
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our take home pay
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That's marvelous
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That's a very small chunk to feed ourselves
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That includes all the meals we eat at restaurants all the
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fancy do dads we get in our food system
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It uh
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I don't see much room for improvement there which means
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we'll spend our surplus cash on something else
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Movie Summary
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the he...