Why does bloomberg want to ban soda

The ban would impact restaurants, delis, movie theatres, stadiums and street vendors who sell any drink, unless the drink contains 70 percent or more fruit juice or milk.

Such a ban is unlikely to be effective, Heritage Foundation regulation expert James Gattuso explains :. The proposal brings into question the scope and future of regulations intended to improve public health. A 24 ounce Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha Frappucino, not covered by the ban, actually has more sugar content 87 grams. Could the regulations expand to coffee and other drinks?

The so called elete who know what is best for us are taking our rights away one at a time. If you think this is outrageous, just wait till the new health care law goes into effect. Smokers and people that are considered overweight by the goverment will cost thier employers over 3, more a year for health insurance.

Absolutely stupid, but typical of a nanny-state, big government advocate like Bloomberg, who chooses to masquerade as a Republican. RINO, anyone? This whole premiss starts with everyone who thinks that the government should cover healthcare no matter what. From here people like Bloomberg use the idea that if I pay for your healthcare then I should tell you how to live. The fact is the government should not be responsible for anyones Healthcare and if I want to be obese and diabetic it is no bodies business and only my fault.

Laws are to protect one from someone else not themselves. His stated intent is as empty as his head, and as meaningless as the ban itself. The Mayor is just a small reflection of the intent of all liberal Marxists, including Obama, i. It is not and never has been about health. Talk about control freaks!

These loonies want to rule every segment of our lives from cradle to grave. I could say more but then I would be as much a fool as he is. I thinks he has caused me to gain 40 pounds so far. Absolutely idiotic! Typical socialists crap. We the people are too dumb to make our own decisions.

It is more intrusion into our personal freedom. Why does anyone have the right, especially in America, to tell another person how much sugar they should have?

An adult has the responsibility for his own actions. We are free to choose, but we much accept the consequences. Bloomberg is being incredibly stupid about this matter. What about the candy they sell in movie theaters? What is the sugar content of that?

My hope is that he will see the error of his ways and drop it. God all mighty! Will it be illegal in NYC to sell a 12 oz. I believe that people have a right to do stupid things if they are prepared to suffer the consequences.

Will do nothing to curtail sugar consumption as people can and will buy multiple smaller quantity drinks. It is however another restriction on personal liberty. Mayor Bloomberg needs to mind his own business and keep his liberal agenda out of my life. All of this makes me want to puke anyway. I think he,s a bloomin idiot and he should stay the hell out of our lives we don,t need the government telling us what to eat or drink and how much we should consume and just like his outlook on gun control its the people that shoot people not the guns he needs to keep his face out of ours or he,ll be looking for a new job.

This is just one more example of progressive statism by a far left, liberal mayor who thinks everyone except himself is stupid. Little does he know. His edicts give him away. I think Bloomberg is getting a little big for his britches.

What the heck does he think he is doing. These government rules and regulations are getting ridiculous. What will they do next — tell us how many times we may breathe per minute.

Come on, you idiots! Why not put the responsibility for individual mis-behavior, such as eating oneself into obesity, on the individual, where it belongs. People who have an excess of autombile accidents eventually get a huge raise in their auto-insurance premiums. From what I know about sugar, and I know a lot, sugar should be banned. I support the mayor in this case. I support the Heritage Foundation on most other issues though.

Thank you. Instead of eliminating the larger soft drinks. Eliminate the people advocating the idea. Let the market determine what people wish to buy and get the government out of the way. What exactly is the job description of a mayor??? Politicians need to STOP concerning themselves with things that are none of their concern!!! Bloomberg is an idiot and that is stating it mildly. He would do well to mind his own business and not try to impose his idiotic values on others.

I love NY City but this guy is off the chart! If he is allowed to run again as Mayor and elected………………. I feel this has less to do with the proposal and more to do with the people who after 8 years of Bloombergs nanny state policies, decided to give him 4 more.

What were they thinking? I think Bloomberg should see about moving to Venezuela as I understand there will soon be an opening for an out of touch dictator.

Michael Bloomberg could certainly fill that vacuum. Now we are being told what size soft drink one can purchase, what next. When are the American people going to wake up and say enough is enough? Stay out of my life! Neither I nor my mother, or any other member of my family, want you as my nanny. Is it too late for you to get a real job? You cannot force people to diet, eat better, etc. Any attempt to do so is frivolous at best and too costly. If someone is determined to have their own way, you cannot legally stop them.

He should be examined by a Medical person to see if he is sane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! People need to be responsible for their own health. Regulation to this extent is ridiculous.

Oh yes except under Emperor Bloombucks, and Obummer the pres, hopefully not for long. Vote both of these clowns out. Just because someone is wealthy does NOT make them smart. A major problem some wealthy individuals have is they seem to have a need to control what other people should think, feel, and do. If enough New Yorkers are smart they will find a candidate to replace the current mayor.

Boomberg is seeking support and donations from the control freek constituency. Meanwhile Rome is starting to smolder. Mayor Bloomberg is an oaf. Sorry to say, New Yorkers are getting what they deserve for electing him. Of course! Big Brother does, though, so He will save us from ourselves.

Freedom after freedom being stripped from us, and it is about time we did something about it! When are the American people going get enough and send these idiots home?

Sounds like his first party declaration was correct! If we loose our right to make poor choices and face the consequences, we lose our freedom to succeed by making better choices than most. Where is liberty in that? Where is the fun? It is stupid. People who want to drink more than 16 ounces will just buy more than one. In California a lot of fast food places and restaurants have unlimited refills of soda. He was a lifelong Democrat who switched to the Republican party when he ran for office.

Wealthy elitists who ride a high horse in public office, like Bloomberg, are drunk on their power and glory in their plantation master mentality. I think he has good intentions and is concerned for the people of New York, but what I would rather see is a ban on a more serious issue and that is our food that is injected with pesticides, growth hormones and antibiotics.

This is never a good thing to put in your body. Sugar in moderation is my practice, but I am never for putting harmful agents in my body. How big can a chicken and cow get until we stop the madness. The Voters of NYC can have him and his ideology. I have no reason or desire to ever visit NYC again or pay taxes there for anything.

The man is out of control crazy. Government has no business telling anyone what to eat or drink. Liberals are so hypocritical, and this is a perfect example. I think Mayor Bloomberg is out of control. His efforts would take away peoples rights to choose for themselves. More education is what is needed not more controls.

I think its time for him to hang it up. Alcoholic drinks are not covered under my ban. This is supposed to be a free country and than means you are free to make your own decisions about what you eat and drink. Leave us alone!!!!!!!!!

So to stop Bloombergs assault on salt and soda, get the black and hispanic community to claim discrimination and he will stop, the bloomin idiot nanny. Bloomberg should stick to business, and stay out of our business. We can run our own lives without his help, or the help of government. The Constitution was set up to limit government. It was not set up to allow politicians to limit the rights of the people.

When will these so-called leaders learn that? I add only want to add one simple obvious thing. What is there to stop importing bought soft drinks from New Jersey, Booklyn, Queens, or nearby Connecticut?

Obviously, Bloomberg has never been in the quick casual, aka, fast food industry. He has no clue about the cost of doing business in this industry and the profit margins that are ever elusive. His desire to reduce the ozs. Hence, less money dorps to the bottom line and less profit for the operation.

He is a RINO and should be driven out of office. If a recall is needed this is the clown that should be recalled. H e, like the other socialist scum Gesorge Soros, are rich to the point of potentates.

They think because they are rich that they cna make decisions for the poor dumb underclass,. In the meantime, Bloomberg needs to find some other purpose for his life. That is NOT America! I for one will not obey any law from the UN or any illegal order from the impostor in My White House, or anything else not permitted by Our Constitution!

Dog-gone it, Now I have to buy two 2 8 oz. If government can regulate drink sizes what is next? Portion control? Requiring a prescribed nutritional balance for restaurant meals? Perhaps extending stop and frisk to stop, frisk and weigh? Our rights are dwindling left and left. Hopefully the buisnesses in New York will get together and retaliate with a huge law suit. Enough is enough. Good regulation. It is the manifestation of a very rich man who equates wealth with intelligence being elected to office reaching its logical conclusion.

Bloomberg and his minions are so intellectually superior to us that only he can save us from ourselves. This is a country based on making choices and living with them. A pox on him. People complain of having their rights taken away. That is only happening because they allow it. Bloomberg is just another totalitarian tin pot political hack with an emperor complex.

He no more has the right to ban sodas than fly to the moon. Disregard this crap and you will not lose your rights. Citizen nulification is the method by which your rights will be preserved. Stop whining! This guy is a congenital progressive and a class A putz.

His sneaking around the country on the public dime trying to undermine the 2nd amendment has been the telling sign of his career.

He should bless the ground he walks on instead of trashing our constitution and shredding our civil rights. What is he eating that makes him an airhead? Whatever it is should be banned. My first thought after reading the article was…. Bloomberg is an idiot…..

He showed his true colors the first time around. With statists, I sometimes wonder if idiocy correlates with wealth. He seems to have a super-abundant supply of bone-head stupidity. Statists always manage to insult the intelligence of everyone but themselves. Or outlaw Mayo? Mayor Bloomberg gets a new moniker: Mayor Bloomingidiot! Just one more example of the liberal, socialist, hard left power grabs. Keep this up, and there will be a revolution! Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison, must be turning in their graves.

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Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. More From Nutrition. According to Scott DeFife, executive vice president of policy and government affairs for the National Restaurant Association, research has shown that "the vast majority of beverage calories consumed by the average American are not from sugary drinks obtained from restaurants.

Yet New York City's eateries are being unfairly singled out to ration portion size of single beverage servings. DeFife said public health officials should "put all of their energies into public education about a balanced lifestyle with a proper mix of diet and exercise rather than attempting to regulate consumption of a completely legal product enjoyed universally. The Center for Consumer Freedom, which is funded by the restaurant and alcoholic beverage industries and defines itself as an advocacy group for personal responsibility, called Bloomberg's proposal "perhaps the worst in his long line of failed nanny-state policies.