Another ban on Big Gulps!
"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> That isn't going to help. Everyone will now run out and get a Soda
>> Stream. Then they can suck down as much HFCS or Splenda as they want.
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> Prohibition didn't work for alcohol, and portion size won't work for
> obesity. I'm sure it's all going to come down to more money the government
> can squeeze out of people. High taxes on large sizes etc. Next *they* will
> decide that ribeye steak/pork/lamb is bad for you, or whatever the
> collective hysteria happens to be on a certain day, so you can only sell
> it in 3-4 oz size and so on. Personally, most of us have paid taxes all of
> our lives for the very expensive poor choices of others, and will continue
> to do so, so the old "oh but it costs so much" doesn't fly at all with me.
Agreed.
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