Monday - October 11, 2010

comrade mayor of NY knows what’s best … just do as told for ur own good.

It’s only taken me four days to get this posted. Jeesh.  Talk about timely.

New York’s comrade mayor wants to ban low income people from using food stamps to buy sugary drinks. He says the drinks lead to obesity. Fine. Lets attack that problem by attacking low income and welfare recipients. Oh sure. That’ll work. 

Don’t know what your take on this will be.  Here’s mine.

It’s a dumb idea. I am not for welfare cheats any more then many here. But this is truly ludicrous.  If being fat is a danger, is the state now going to restrict everyone else from buying bacon and sugared drinks?  If not, why not? If it’s bad for one group it has to be equally bad for all.  AND ... if someone is using food stamps to buy a six pack of coke because they like coke with a meal, that doesn’t mean they are living on coke and getting fat on coke. Or any other drink.

The aim here as stated is to fight obesity.  If they mean that, then it has to be across the board.
I can see it now. Prohibition returns. Oh happy day. Speakeasys with secret passwords where they only serve regular Coca-Cola (NOT Diet Coke). Gangsters hijacking supermarket deliveries of Coke.  Just like the olde days. Maybe we can even go back to having REAL JAZZ again. Oh boy. Can’t wait. 

New York to ban low-income families from using food stamps to buy sugary drinks

By Daily Mail Reporter

New York has announced plans to ban the use of food stamps to buy sugary drinks as it steps up its anti-obesity campaign.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Governor David Paterson have asked the U.S. government to ban the purchase of fizzy drinks and sweetened fruit drinks with the federal vouchers used by 42million low-income families.
They called sugar-sweetened beverages the largest single contributor to the obesity epidemic.

Mr Bloomberg said: ‘This is so simple. It’s not like a disease like cancer we don’t know how to cure.  This we know how to cure. Stop eating extra calories.
‘There’s nothing wrong with an occasional one. But the kids are drinking an enormous amount of full-sugar beverages and they would switch to diet beverages.
‘So next time one of the companies calls, I’m sorry. Our children’s lives are more important than anything else.’

The New York mayor has used the power of the city government to promote a range of health measures, including cuts on the amount of salt, a ban on trans fats in restaurant food and a requirement for chain restaurants to display calorie counts.
In 2003, the city banned smoking in bars and restaurants which sparked furious protest at the time but has since become widely accepted.

Campaign: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Governor David Paterson have put forward the plan and said sugary drinks the largest contributor to obesity
Mr Paterson has also sought to combat obesity and raise money with a proposed tax on sugary drinks, but it was blocked by pressure from the beverage industry.
The American Beverage Association criticised the proposal as ‘just another attempt by government to tell New Yorkers what they should eat and drink, and will only have an unfair impact on those who can least afford it’.

getinna car. take a ride to the rest of the article.

Posted by peiper     on 10/11/2010 at 11:04 AM   
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