In an alternate Universe, on an alternate planet very similar to Earth, there is a country very similar to ours - Amerika. A few years ago, the populace of that country elected an incompetent, lying sack of shit who thought it was a good idea for the government to supply affordable food fare to the citizens of that country.

The argument justifying the government takeover of 10% of the Amerikan economy (1) went like this: "There are over 50 million people in Amerika going hungry every day." The President, an inexperienced moron who never ran a business in his life, promised to set up government run restaurants but assured those who were not starving that they would not be forced to eat at those restaurants: "If You Like Your Restaurant You Can Keep It, period - If You Like Your Chef You Can Keep Him, period."

Of course, after the law passed, that poor country heard a different promise: "If you had a restaurant you liked to eat at, you can continue to eat there, as I promised - if the menu or the prices haven't changed.." The problem, of course, was the government mandated that all restaurants must add soup, salad, lobster appetizers, at least two sides, such as corn or mashed potatoes, and a Filet Mignon to every meal, even for vegetarians, those allergic to seafood or those who were not that hungry at one meal and deemed anything less as a substandard menu. Of course, restaurants had to raise prices to meet the new mandates and so people could no longer afford to eat at those places any more.

No one could just go someplace to eat an inexpensive, simple hamburger, unless it looked like this:

Photo Credit: baby-pictures.org

The presidential message to those folks? "If your greedy, avaricious restaurant priced you out, simply log into our website: foodfare.gov and pick a government restaurant near you, as soon as the website is up and running."

What should you eat while you wait for the website to offer you alternative eating spots? In the words of another country's ruling elite: Eat cake.