[bruinbirdman]

There go Bloomberg's chances at the presidency.

[freedumb2003]

Flipping food Nazi.

[wtc911]

There go Bloomberg's chances at the presidency.

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He lost that being named Bloomberg at birth.

[KoRn]

"There go Bloomberg's chances at the presidency."

I wouldn't have given him a snowball's chance in hell, even before this idiocy.

[EGPWS]

There go Bloomberg's chances at the presidency.

LOL, as if that serpent had a chance.

[lowbridge]

He described the soda tax - equivalent to an extra eight pence on a can - as "a fix that just makes sense", saving lives and cutting rising health care costs.

Baloney. I wish they wouldnt insult our intelligence by lying about what this tax is for: Picking our pockets to pay for whatever they want.

"An extra 12 cents on a can of soda would raise nearly $1 billion (£663 million), allowing us to keep community health services open and teachers in the classroom,"

See? Teachers in the classroom. What does that have to sdo with saving lives and cutting health care costs? (the teachers lobby is one of the more powerful ones in New York, so no wonder theyll be getting their share of this new tax)

[Repeal 16-17]

He’s such a fascist. Let the People decide what they want to eat and drink. It’s called “freedom” Mike, look it up.

[bunkerhill7]

I buy all my soda in Joisy

[Mr_Moonlight]

An extra 12 cents on a can of soda would raise nearly $1 billion ...

There is yer operative phrase in a nutshell.

... allowing us to keep community health services open and teachers in the classroom ...

And there is yer bogus justification for above said operative phrase.

"And, at the same time, it would help us fight a major problem plaguing our children: obesity."

Now all rolled into one, the first operative phrase allows a 'side benefit' supposedly linked together with the second and third which basically sez:
"We're BROKE! We need MO MONEY MO MONEY MO MONEY !!!"

Give it up, Bloomy, nobody is buying into your Nanny City nonesense anymore.

[Gene Eric]

>> whose members include the makers of Coca-Cola and Pepsi

Why not? Those corps are eager to sign onto any Leftwing cause.

[BCEagles]

David Paterson, the mayor of New York state

States don't have mayors, silly.

[Graybeard58]

Laggards, Illinois has had it since Sept 5, 2009.

[sasquatch]

There should be an A$$**** tax for mayors making more than $1.oo.

[SmokingJoe]

“An extra 12 cents on a can of soda would raise nearly $1 billion (£663 million), allowing us to keep community health services open and teachers in the classroom,”

Bllomberg is nuts.
Hey, Bloomberg, hows about cutting the huge, ridiculous, salaries, benefits and pensions that teachers are getting, even as most New York high scool students remain basically illiterate after finishing high school?

[printhead]

Community health services and teachers in the classroom? Just another bone to throw to SEIU and NYSUT. Why not waive the nickel deposit for water or diet soda instead? That’s what I thought.

[Chode]

twelve cents no less... tacked onto the deposit???