We may terminate the food stamp users buying Soda?

Up in the battle against obesity Mayor Michael Bloomberg has petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture of the United States, to users of food stamp 1.7 million of their use to buy the soda, or other sweetened drinks.

This move is part of a series of interventions to reduce obesity included advertising, stricter rules relating to foodstuffs sold in schools and not to be a successful attempt to tax sweetened drinks.

Here is a good concept in stirred the pot by political, ethical and health.

I'm going to go right, and it says: I love the idea I like a lot.. in fact, I think the labels of foodstuffs should be used to buy vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, dairy products, nuts, seeds and canned goods-wholesome food. I also understand moved as the nature of this kind of idea.

See this thing should be signed, sealed and delivered begins today, but in the Department of humor all of us, let's take a look at some of the sticky issues that may arise with this stipulation.

Ethics is fair to discriminate against those with food stamps?We can tell what can and cannot buy?

In contrast, we all have a collective responsibility to ensure that our already outside the rails of the medical expenses not go even further into the abyss.

I don't see this as too "big brother" in General.-the Run-of-the mill straw man argument here would be "How dare they tell people what they may not be able to eat and drink," but let's remember that regulate what people can spend their Government assistance is not the same as telling people what they can and cannot eat/drink.

With many others in the same way towards the ideas are rooted deep problems and the solution is a multi-directional. Although this is a great idea, there are no more big fish SAC particular maize grants that support prices artificially low.

In the end I don't see this crossing due to the industry a cozy relationship between major food and feed controls the Government. I am sure they are caustic lobbyists work overtime to ensure that this idea never sees the light of day. Furthermore, in 2004, the Ministry of agriculture has refused a request from Minnesota to prevent food stamp recipients buy junk food.

What are your thoughts on this?

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