Setting their sights on soda

December 17, 2007

The nanny state digs deeper:

After banning plastic bags from chain grocery stores and bottled water from City Hall, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has set his sights on soda – working up a plan to charge a new city fee to big retailers of sugar drinks.

Instead of the death by a thousand cuts, they ought to just cut to the chase: simply outlaw all vices and dictate our diet and our exercise regimen to us. But I suppose that even then, even after depriving us of choice and responsibility in our food and health, they still won’t be satisfied.