Leroy Scott
Blog:
Sugar wars
In the article Sugar Wars by Veronica Majerol she talks
about how when you buy sodas today like 2000’s it can be whatever ounce you
want like 42 OZ. or more, but back in the 20’s the most you could get was 6.5
ounces in a bottle. Today in New York the article says half of the adults in
New York are obese or over weight, and that could link to heart dieses. Philadelphia
and several California cities are talking about taxing there sugary drinks. I don’t
think they should do this because if people want to drink something they’re
going to drink it anyway, but it is a pretty smart idea. They Mayor who is
taking effect on this are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and he is being
mocked by a beverage industry ad calling him a nanny. I believe they’re calling
him a nanny because usually old people try to tell you what to do and how to do
things and that is what he is doing trying to ban something from people who are
young and above age who are old enough to make their own decisions. A quote
from “If people want to drink 24 ounces, it’s their decision” I think this
quote makes since but it should just apply to people over 16 and over because
people really under that age don’t really have a decision if you’re old enough
to drive you should be old enough to make the decision whether you want to
drink soda or not.
Good post. 95 I think the difficult thing is that governments pay for people's health care--so if people are drinking a lot of soda it is costing everyone else who is not.
ReplyDelete