Bloomberg's soda ban affects more than just big gulp cups (politician, money)
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I have been to NYC 1 time in my life, it wasnt the best place to be when I was there in 1982, and I dont think I will be going there again anytime soon.
the vikings will win the superbowl before I ever go there.
I was there this past summer. It's not the same place it was in 1982. I enjoyed my time there.
I laugh that all the people complaining about this ban don't even live in NYC. Also, there are plenty of interesting people in NYC and it still has a thriving and evolving soul. If NYC isn't constantly changing, it isn't NYC.
I laugh that all the people complaining about this ban don't even live in NYC. Also, there are plenty of interesting people in NYC and it still has a thriving and evolving soul. If NYC isn't constantly changing, it isn't NYC.
You would be complaining if there was some city in the USA that, say banned Jews, even if you didn't live there.
It's more the principle of the matter. NYC is still part of the USA.
NYC is changing all right, it's becoming a daycare.
You would be complaining if there was some city in the USA that, say banned Jews, even if you didn't live there.
It's more the principle of the matter. NYC is still part of the USA.
NYC is changing all right, it's becoming a daycare.
Because Jews and sugary drinks are totally the same thing. Nice try, but there are already states in this very country that don't allow gays and lesbians to be married, are you equally upset about that as you are with a ban on the size of sugary drinks in one city out of the entire country?
Because Jews and sugary drinks are totally the same thing. Nice try, but there are already states in this very country that don't allow gays and lesbians to be married, are you equally upset about that as you are with a ban on the size of sugary drinks in one city out of the entire country?
It's an extreme example to showcase how inane your response was. The point that NYC is a daycare still stands, if someone wants to drink sugary drinks, let him FFS.
And what state doesn't allow gays or lesbians to marry? As far as I remember, a gay man can marry a woman, and a lesbian woman can marry a man just as straight men/women can in all 50 states.
It's an extreme example to showcase how inane your response was. The point that NYC is a daycare still stands, if someone wants to drink sugary drinks, let him FFS.
And what state doesn't allow gays or lesbians to marry? As far as I remember, a gay man can marry a woman, and a lesbian woman can marry a man just as straight men/women can in all 50 states.
People can still drink soda, just can't buy it in containers over a certain size at certain venues.
It's a way of discouraging it that is less regressive (albeit less efficient) than sin taxes.
You can argue that it makes NYC a 'daycare,' but it's no worse than taxing cigarettes and alcohol. If you think that all of these things turn our society into a 'daycare' you're welcome to your opinion, but I respectfully disagree: once the government begins paying for healthcare for large swathes of society individual health and actions that impact it enter into the realm of public interest. Can't hold onto civil liberties like being able to harm one's own body freely once economic liberty has gone away, too intertwined.
but it's no worse than taxing cigarettes and alcohol.
It's worse. A sales tax just makes things more expensive. This outright bans it. What happens to businesses who refuse to comply with the law?
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