Posted on 06/08/2012 10:04:37 AM PDT by safetysign
The basic case against New York Mayor Michael Bloombergs latest crusade, to outlaw the sale of extra- large sugared soft drinks, is Libertarianism 101: In a free country, people should have the right to do what they want, even if its bad for them.
The major exceptions and complications to this basic principle dont seem to apply. Unlike secondhand smoke, my consumption of a Pepsi does no direct harm to anyone else. Unlike marijuana, sugary drinks have a perfectly adequate and legal substitute: sugar-free drinks. (Even if you can tell the difference between Coke and Diet Coke, you cant claim that the difference is very large.) And unlike a regulated pharmaceutical drug, a single dose of Coca-Cola wont kill you.
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? Sounds like a case (albeit weak) FOR Bloomberg's ban.
Why doesn’t Bloomberg put a limit on how many alcoholic drinks can be served to customers at bars and restaurants? To be in line with the sugary drink mandate, he should limit all to two drinks max.
After all, in addition to alcohol being empty calories like sugar, there are many other health risks.
I would like to see him try this.
Then I would like to see him walk down the street sans armed bodyguards.
Then I would like to see the video.
Neither do I. Legalize the crap and or bring back alcohol prohibition, that was a sterling success. Bloomberg is a f’ing nanny-state plutocrat.
If I were a dentist I would be against the ban.
To a leftist, the more decisions that he doesn’t have to make, the freer he is.
He was already talking about drink limits at bars and restaurants. Also regulation of “happy hours”.
I'm really starting to hate this guy and he is my least corrupt politician. He has no need for dirty money but turned out to be such a micromanaging nannystater that I don't know what's worse. These politicians are so frustrating...
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