Why?
Especially when the passage of such laws were and are pushed by the big bad insurance companies.
You're strongest argument against helmet safety laws is that big bad insurance companies are for them? Especially in the case of motorcycle safety, I believe it's imperative that riders be held to a certain standard to avoid costly time in the emergency room. Driving or riding is a privilege, not a right.
if the government wants to require information to be placed on the soda containers to inform the public what they are consuming, not a problem
if the government wants to prohibit a person from buying something that has the potential to harm no one but themselves, that is nanny state intrusion
The government bans the sale of cigarettes, with warnings and all, to minors. I feel that even more than the current ban, perhaps that would be the right move.
Secondly, was it nanny state intrusion when New York state told the owners of bars, restaurants, and pretty much anywhere with a public area other than cigar stores that people weren't allowed to smoke in them? Perhaps, but a most excellent move nonetheless.
It is so scary that some don't want to take personal responsibility but want the govt to regulate their lives. Good grief.
Here is what I see happening. People will purchase a 16oz dring at a fast food place because the larger size is not an option. They will consume it, go up and refill it.
I got a better idea, hold people accountable for their own actions. I don't need the govt trying limit what I do.
The government does hold them to their actions, when we pay for medicare bills inflated by complications due to obesity. Or when we deal with the effects of bankruptcy due to medical bills.
Secondly, the government "limits what you can do" all the time with things like speed limits or BAC thresholds in terms of drinking and driving (another example of government crackdown that has led to the fewest deaths on the road since the Truman administration by the way. Coupled with stricter government safety standards of course). These are just a few examples of course.
So when the hard tyranny comes as opposed to this soft tyranny, you'll be all for it right?
No.
So do ad campaigns, post calories, even a warning label I don't care, but I don't need government to do something stupid like this....Tell me, what prohibits me from buying 2 16oz. sodas? Anything?
No.
Why can't they just live their own life and leave everyone else around them alone?
It seems odd to me that someone who lives in one of the most polluted parts of California would be so critical of public health measures.
LOL - the industries love it though . . . the price per measureable quantity goes up the smaller and more convenient the packaging is: no 2-liters? No 1-liters . . . profits soaring.
They must be fostering this effort. LOL . . . oh: and nevermind the landfills, yeah - nevermind the going-green and reducing packaging waste!
It won't remotely make a damned different - if I couldn't buy Dr Pepper in a large bottle I'd buy it in smaller bottles and can Whoopidee ****ing do. (in fact: I actually consume more when I have cans in the house - I consume less if I have to pour it into a glass to drink it (2 / 3-liters are more annoying, honestly) . . .and the ease of being able to get a small bottle and take it with me raises my consumption of it . . . os I don't buy cans and small bottles of it purely for this reason.
2 and 1 liters will still be available. The law would only affect places like restaurants, movie theaters, and stands from what I'm aware of.
Bloombergs NYC...what morons...oh you cant buy a 20 ounce drink only a 16...ok gimme two 16s and ill put them in my own 40 ounce cup...
Jesus Christ when did NYC become such a punching bag and butt of jokes that need no buildup?
As if the joke can merely be shortened to "God NYC what morons...geez greatest city in the world and trendsetter in fashion and culture what a joke"
this law won't pass.
its stupid, authoritarian, and is an example of Bloombergian over-reach.
Probably not, but Mr Bloomberg cannot in any way be faulted for attempting to keep NYC on the cutting edge and prepared for a future with a city that's safer, more walkable, healthier, and frankly more and more prepared to remain a world class city.