Comments on: Splashback: NYC beverage firms defend themselves against Bloomberg

By: NYC approves ban on large sodas - Overlawyered

NYC approves ban on large sodas - Overlawyered — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:00:11 +0000

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By: MF

MF — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:03:31 +0000

The question of legality is clearly not on the radar of this administration. Refer to the “DREAM Act” executive order for a blatant example.

By: boblipton

boblipton — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:03:21 +0000

The issue really being fought is not the right to choose to buy your drinks in whatever size you as a consumer wish. It is the right of the bottle manufacturers not to have to resize their bottles. One popular size is 500 ml, which is 16.9 ounces. Had Bloomberg simply gone metric or chosen 17 ounces, the commitment to freedom of choice on the part of the bottlers would never have been mentioned.

Bob

By: DEM

DEM — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:38:03 +0000

And let us not forget that as we spend “stimulus” dollars on lobbying local pols concerning the evils of sugar-sweetened soda, we continue to lavish money on farmers to grow corn, much of which is converted to the HFCS you find in Coke, Pepsi, and so on.