In the uphill battle to fight obesity Mayor Michael Bloomberg has to the United States Department of agriculture, the 1.7 million food stamp users you purchase soda or other sweetened beverages ban petition.
This step is part of the series of interventions to reduce obesity that contain advertising, more stringent provisions applicable to foodstuffs sold in schools and yet-to-be successful attempt to tax sweetened drinks.
That a good concept in one is stirred political, ethical and health soup pot.
I'm going to right come out and say that it: I like the Idee.Ich I prefer sehr.In which think fact, food stamps to be used to buy vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, dairy products, nuts, seeds and preserves - healthy food. I realize also the stepping up shells nature of this kind of idea.
You see, this thing should be signed, sealed and delivered as of today, but in the Department "humor us all", let us take a look at some of the sticky problems with this type of agreement.
Is ethical fair to discriminate against those with food stamps?Who are we to tell you what you can and not buy?
On the other hand, we have all a common responsibility to ensure that our already off-the-Rails health issues into the abyss not go further.
I see this as to "big brother" überhaupt.Das are usual straw man argument here "as car tell people what you do and food or drink can not", but let us remember that regulation, what people on their Government support can spend the same as people tell, what you can and can not eat / drink.
Like many similarly designed ideas, the problems are deeply other rooted and the solution is subsidies, prices varied. While this is a great idea, there are bigger fish to fry - especially maize artificially low.
At the end of this transfer because of the industry cozy relationship between great food and food government regulators appears.i am sure soda lobbyists have overtime to ensure that this idea never the light of day 2004 denied sieht.Im year to prevent the Agriculture Department on a request from Minnesota that food stamp recipients buy junk food.
What are your thoughts on this?
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