Big Apple, small soda?
Pint-sized pops in Park Slope?
If New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his way, that's what's coming next to your favorite five-borough restaurant, movie theater or street vendor.
The mayor plans to eliminate the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 fluid ounces in each of those places in an "ambitious" effort to combat obesity, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
“New York City is not about wringing your hands; it’s about doing something,” Bloomberg told the paper.
Exemptions, such as for diet drinks and sales in supermarkets, are expected to be part of the new law, eyed for spring 2013, according to the Times.
It would mark the first such ban in the country, but follows the mayor's successful efforts to ban trans fats and curb public smoking.
The New York City Beverage Association is certainly not thrilled.
So nanny-state-gone-mad or nice job, Bloomie?
One by one they are infringing on our rights. I believe the insurance companies are behind a lot of these laws but that is another subject. We citizens are so polarized left or right now that we can't see the truth anymore. Possibly that is what the politicians want - divide and conquer. New laws that do not address the looming problems we face and add to the division of Americans. Let's face it whether you think Bush S$%&s or Obama S$%&s, the truth is is they all do when they do not work together for our interests. This reminds me of the story of the Nazis - they took those people away and we did nothing, then they took more away and we did nothing...until it was to late.
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