Saturday, September 15, 2012

Minton OpEd on NYC Drink Restrictions

Michelle Minton of CEI has a new OpEd in Fox News on the latest NYC law: "Sugary drinks ban begs the question -- who has the right to decide what you consume?"

An excerpt:
While it may be silly to worry about whether we can still get our super-sized sodas, it raises the very important question of who has the right to make choices about what an individual person consumes? And when governments adopt “nudging” policies that are meant to drive us to the choices lawmakers want us to make, when does that become control?

While any product if consumed in great enough quantities can cause negative health effects, the greater danger we face as Americans is in giving up the right to make our own choices...
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