{"id":1225,"date":"2012-06-06T20:42:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T01:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2012-08-24T20:49:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T01:49:35","slug":"mayor-bloomberg-and-the-real-path-to-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/mayor-bloomberg-and-the-real-path-to-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Bloomberg and the Real Path To Obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"

People sometimes say that by electing a super-rich person to public office, that office-holder is less likely to be beholden to equally rich special interest groups.\u00a0\u00a0 In the case of\u00a0New York<\/a>\u00a0City\u2019s\u00a0Michael Bloomberg<\/a>, we may just be seeing how a super-rich, non-reelection seeking mayor might not need to care what\u00a0any<\/em>\u00a0of his constituents think.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bloomberg certainly deserves kudos for determination and sticking to principle.\u00a0\u00a0 Too bad for all of us that they are the principles of a statist.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m of course referring to Bloomberg\u2019s latest governmental crusade:\u00a0\u201ceducating\u201d our increasingly obese society<\/a>\u00a0on proper portion sizes, via a proposed (and likely to be implemented) ban on \u201csugary drinks\u201d of more than 16 ounces. \u00a0Thankfully, numerous commentaries are noting that determined consumers can just buy a second drink, or more importantly, that government has no role in intervening in people\u2019s eating habits.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not hard to see Bloomberg\u2019s good intentions, however. \u00a0A look at some of the\u00a0costs of obesity on society<\/a>\u00a0says that for all\u00a0of his damn-the-torpedos\/democracy behavior,\u00a0perhaps it\u2019s a good thing that we\u2019re at least attempting to have a conversation about this:<\/p>\n