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New York City Approves Ban on Large Sodas
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>>NYC passes another infringement of my rights..grrrrr
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>>http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/09/13/new-york-city-approves-ban-on-large-sodas
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>Soda's toll on our health care system is enormous. Soda and other high-sugar food products have contributed to an epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and other ailments in this country.
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>The health care costs of the uninsured related to these high-sugar foods are paid by the insured through high premiums. Every time uninsured John gulps that 64-ounce Coke he's taking a nickel out of my pocket and yours.
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>We have two options:
>1. Incentivize healthy consumption and discourage unhealthy consumption (make healthy food cheaper than unhealthy food via taxes and/or subsidies)
>2. Let uninsured people die
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>Banning a size of container is neither solution 1 or 2 and is political stupidity at its finest.

I'm interested in what the next steps will be.

1. Ban Refills.
2. Ban anyone from buying more than one drink at time.
3. Ban anyone from buying a second drink after finishing the first.
4. Ban supermarkets from selling cases of pop. One can per customer limit.
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