“We spend more on potato chips than we do on healthcare preparedness” Robert Kadlec on #ebola at @Heritage event. pic.twitter.com/9N2CzpnmqH

— Michelle Cordero (@MichelleOddis) October 27, 2014

Obesity is a multibillion dollar health crisis affecting millions of people on a daily basis. Diet and exercise and all manner of efforts to reduce obesity is big business.

Study, let alone efforts to find a cure for Ebola, which until this year has affected a few thousand people worldwide ever, has been low on the order of priorities.

St. Reagan didn’t prioritize Ebola. Nor did GHWB. Nor Clinton. GWB saw increases, but only in light of a potential use as a bioterror weapon. Now, we’re getting Heritage to complain about money being spent on obesity versus Ebola?

It’s hard to take the right seriously when they put this claptrap together - even when the point that we don’t take preparedness seriously (they’re right about that - and it’s because people are a poor judge of risks).