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Love that solution but there's one problem. Part time employment won't feed my family or...
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Love that solution but there's one problem. Part time employment won't feed my family or pay my bills.View Thread
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HAHAHA!!! brunosbud think that factories are moving to China because of obesity!!!...
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HAHAHA!!! brunosbud think that factories are moving to China because of obesity!!! Hahahaha!!!!!
Ever hear of a thing called "cheap labor?" They have a lot of that in China. Nearly regulation free too.View Thread
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Ever hear of a thing called "cheap labor?" They have a lot of that in China. Nearly regulation free too.View Thread
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Conservative??? This is the brain child of the uber left wing radical mind!!! Only a...
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Conservative??? This is the brain child of the uber left wing radical mind!!! Only a liberal like Bloomberg would ever support this kind of garbage. It's the conservatives who are outraged that this has even been proposed.
Besides, if the cola companies want to make you buy the smaller sizes so they can charge you more they don't need a law...they'd just stop offering the big sizes. duh
Think!!
Furthermore, the reason the big sizes are cheaper per ounce is simple:
larger/bulk sizes = less processing/packaging = lower costs
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lowering the price for bulk items results in higher sales which results in more profits.View Thread
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Besides, if the cola companies want to make you buy the smaller sizes so they can charge you more they don't need a law...they'd just stop offering the big sizes. duh
Think!!
Furthermore, the reason the big sizes are cheaper per ounce is simple:
larger/bulk sizes = less processing/packaging = lower costs
and
lowering the price for bulk items results in higher sales which results in more profits.View Thread
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We already have the CHANCE. You're talking like we're all mindless drones who don't...
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We already have the CHANCE. You're talking like we're all mindless drones who don't realize that the bigger drink will have more calories so we need the government to tell us we're not allowed. Because only then will we have an awareness that a refill might make us fat.
The problem isn't that they're trying to make us think. The problem is that they're trying to think FOR us.
and btw, I almost always order a small drink. But every now and then I'm really thirsty and I'm getting it to go so I get the big chug since i won't be able to get a refill.View Thread
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The problem isn't that they're trying to make us think. The problem is that they're trying to think FOR us.
and btw, I almost always order a small drink. But every now and then I'm really thirsty and I'm getting it to go so I get the big chug since i won't be able to get a refill.View Thread
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But that's your trainer's job to make you think about that stuff. Not Bloomberg's.
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But that's your trainer's job to make you think about that stuff. Not Bloomberg's.View Thread
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City legislators are not qualified to determine whether or not drink size in fast food...
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City legislators are not qualified to determine whether or not drink size in fast food restaurants does indeed affect body size/weight, let alone to what extent if any.
Furthermore, your argument is illogical because there is a much more simplistic answer to the issue of rising operating costs of city services. If rising obesity rates (or any other factor) cause the operating costs of such services to rise, rather than try to locate and ban a possible source based on a theory of some obscure connection as you've described, simply increase the fees associated to these services. In other words, if buses are more expensive to operate (for any reason), simply increase the bus fares.
More trouble with your argument is that such legislation will not just affect city services. This ban would have negative affects on multiple people and businesses which are not at all associated. Those who would most feel the impact are the business owners selling these drinks. NOT the city services or any other loosely connected entity.
Restaurants offer oversized drinks because they appeal to customers and result in higher sales with little to no increase in overhead expenses. Banning these drinks would hurt these businesses by removing a basic source of sales revenue thus lowering the profits made by these businesses (which in turn would lower the city tax revenues the businesses generate, which would further defeat the point of your argument.)
In short, the city has a right to manage the services it offers such as busing but does NOT have the right to overregulate businesses and the personal food choices of citizens as it is inefficient, unethical and just plain unAmerican.View Thread
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Furthermore, your argument is illogical because there is a much more simplistic answer to the issue of rising operating costs of city services. If rising obesity rates (or any other factor) cause the operating costs of such services to rise, rather than try to locate and ban a possible source based on a theory of some obscure connection as you've described, simply increase the fees associated to these services. In other words, if buses are more expensive to operate (for any reason), simply increase the bus fares.
More trouble with your argument is that such legislation will not just affect city services. This ban would have negative affects on multiple people and businesses which are not at all associated. Those who would most feel the impact are the business owners selling these drinks. NOT the city services or any other loosely connected entity.
Restaurants offer oversized drinks because they appeal to customers and result in higher sales with little to no increase in overhead expenses. Banning these drinks would hurt these businesses by removing a basic source of sales revenue thus lowering the profits made by these businesses (which in turn would lower the city tax revenues the businesses generate, which would further defeat the point of your argument.)
In short, the city has a right to manage the services it offers such as busing but does NOT have the right to overregulate businesses and the personal food choices of citizens as it is inefficient, unethical and just plain unAmerican.View Thread
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