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Originally Posted by Xazy
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It is an interesting idea to fight obesity. The question is does the government have the right to tell us what to use our money for. Then what if it is money given to us by the government, can it say we want you to buy what we feel is the healthy choice. Personally I think it is a very slippery slope.
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Two problems with this.
First, what's to prevent somebody from buying something else from the approved food list, then selling it or trading it to get soda?
Second, if Bloomberg is successful at this, what's to stop him from trying to control sales of soda to the general public? New York has already tried one extension of nanny-state mentality by imposing a soda tax.
Also, this doesn't solve the obesity problem. As far as I know, ring dings and potato chips are not prohibited foods. Nor frozen pizzas, etc, etc.