Unexpected Good From Lobbying for Big Soda
"Wait. So, Erik Lehnsherr... the terrorist is a donor?"
Kate got very direct.
"Keep your voice down. Yes, he is. But so is that Xavier guy."
We were in this DC bar called "Fillabusters" because... DC.
"Who?" I asked.
"He's this philanthropist dude. He teaches kids with powers to not be terrorists. Runs a prep school? Bald? Wheelchair?"
I shrugged.
"Alright, these dudes don't agree on anything except this." Kate said. I'd just started with the firm as a lobbyist. We focused on soda, sugary drinks, that kind of thing. Bloomberg was trying to get things banned, other states were trying to the same because of the "obesity epidemic."
"And like what, are any other donors mutants?" I asked.
"At least 90% and human allies."
"Whoa. So... why is that?"
"Have you seen some of these people?" she asked.
Every so often on the news, I'd seen some dude shoot lasers out of his eyes or this file footage that CNN will not stop showing of Lehnsherr lifting cars off the ground.
"Mostly that car thing."
"Right. Now, how much energy do you think that takes?"
"A lot I guess." I said.
"Yeah, everything you eat is turned into energy, now if you can like, lift a car just like, normally, or fly or have steel skin? How many calories is that?"
"So we are supporting mutant dietary needs?"
"Well, yeah. I mean, no one can live on our products alone, but honestly, they supplement the mutant diet a great deal. We don't have any studies yet; we're trying to work with Xavier to make sure we do that ethically. Our biologist says they process calories at an astonishing rate; and if they can like generate energy on their own? It's incredibly high, like 20 to 30 times the processing ability of a normal human."
"Okay, I do feel better about this whole thing...."
Kate got very direct.
"Keep your voice down. Yes, he is. But so is that Xavier guy."
We were in this DC bar called "Fillabusters" because... DC.
"Who?" I asked.
"He's this philanthropist dude. He teaches kids with powers to not be terrorists. Runs a prep school? Bald? Wheelchair?"
I shrugged.
"Alright, these dudes don't agree on anything except this." Kate said. I'd just started with the firm as a lobbyist. We focused on soda, sugary drinks, that kind of thing. Bloomberg was trying to get things banned, other states were trying to the same because of the "obesity epidemic."
"And like what, are any other donors mutants?" I asked.
"At least 90% and human allies."
"Whoa. So... why is that?"
"Have you seen some of these people?" she asked.
Every so often on the news, I'd seen some dude shoot lasers out of his eyes or this file footage that CNN will not stop showing of Lehnsherr lifting cars off the ground.
"Mostly that car thing."
"Right. Now, how much energy do you think that takes?"
"A lot I guess." I said.
"Yeah, everything you eat is turned into energy, now if you can like, lift a car just like, normally, or fly or have steel skin? How many calories is that?"
"So we are supporting mutant dietary needs?"
"Well, yeah. I mean, no one can live on our products alone, but honestly, they supplement the mutant diet a great deal. We don't have any studies yet; we're trying to work with Xavier to make sure we do that ethically. Our biologist says they process calories at an astonishing rate; and if they can like generate energy on their own? It's incredibly high, like 20 to 30 times the processing ability of a normal human."
"Okay, I do feel better about this whole thing...."
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