A new executive order from San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom makes it illegal to sell Coke, Pepsi and other sodas in vending machines:
Newsom’s directive, issued in April but whose practical impacts are starting to be felt now, bars calorically sweetened beverages from vending machines on city property.
That includes non-diet sodas, sports drinks and artificially sweetened water. Juice must be 100 percent fruit or vegetable juice with no added sweeteners. Diet sodas can be no more than 25 percent of the items offered, the directive says.
San Francisco certainly isn’t the first municipality to set nutritional standards for vending machines on public property. The state and at least four counties have adopted or have recommendations for similar policies. Santa Clara County’s policy, adopted in 2008, is not as restrictive as San Francisco’s, allowing up to half of vending machine content to be standard soda. It’s unclear how strict the other policies are.
#60 But you can give government that role? Sheeple!
60, Rick Cain,
So you don’t teach your kids personal responsibility? No wonder why liberals need government so badly. You’re too busy blaming others for something you’re personally responsible for.
You and other liberals do not know how to be good parents, so you need government to help facilitate the role you neglect.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you let your kids drink a six pack of soda a day (until the government decides to outlaw this).
#62 Guyver wrote, “So you don’t teach your kids personal responsibility? No wonder why liberals need government so badly. You’re too busy blaming others for something you’re personally responsible for.
You and other liberals do not know how to be good parents, so you need government to help facilitate the role you neglect.”
Hmmm… Would it bother you at all if there were a pornography store on your child’s route home from school, where he were free to go in and browse? And would you consider any parents unable to convince their children to stay away from that store to be bad parents who don’t teach their children personal responsibility?
Food and beverage companies have some of the best psychologists money can buy, working diligently to find all the little switches in our brains that make us want to purchase and over-consume their products. Make no mistake — their ultimate goal for every product they advertise is to make it as tempting as sex. Don’t overlook the possibility that placing limits on the availability of harmful products can be a good thing, just as some people advocate limiting the availability of pornography.
Of course, I don’t mean to suggest that YOU would ever advocate limits on pornography, because you’re such a firm believer in unfettered markets, but there are reasonable people who aren’t so confident of their parenting skills who would be willing to compromise a bit of their political ideology.
#63 A fine piece of hypocrisy. Kudos for such eloquent piece of crap.
Pedro, you seem to have run out of steam to make any sort of actual rebuttal. Grab yourself an ice cold Pepsi and enjoy the burst of energy that only comes from the one-two punch of a caffeine and sugar high!
Just don’t let the kids see how much you enjoy it
Water is all you really need. And sometimes beer.