he got called out on the Today show, even the liberal Matt Lauer was like "Dude WTF, you're announcing this and then celebrating National Doughnut Day"

Buy 2 16oz bottles for 32 instead of 24!

Not only is he trying to be a babysitter, he's a shitty one.

I'll have a 64 fl oz water. Plenty of ice. The human body doesn't need that much in an entire day... let alone to get through a film or a baseball game. To get through Hollywood's latest or baseball you need to be a worthless moron.

You could, The Yell, but not by sitting in a cinema, watching a movie.

As much as I agree its absolutely ridiculous to drink a liter of soda in one sitting, I don't like the idea of banning it.

Pretty sure if you're in desert and look to lettuce to hydrate yourself , you join the majority of the human race

they're dead

Force it?

As is obvious, and has been explained here, this stupid suggested law would do nothing to "force" people to consumer less sugar. If it resulted in them buying 2 16oz beverages frequently (neither of us has that data, you wanna study fat slobs with no self control?) instead, it might even cause them to consume more.

Not only is your authoritarian thinking disgusting, it's stupid.

stupid goyim don`t know whats good for them

The problem is that supply is driven by demand, so laws intended to restrict supply are generally less effective. The more effective and less controversial strategy would be education. Educate people on the costs of sugar consumption, and suppliers will respond to meet the needs of shifting consumer tastes.

People don't want to be disabled or hasten their deaths when they age, so they'll adjust their behavior if they are informed. Education even compelled me to restrict my sugar consumption a long time ago.

However, one problem with supply is that idiots like Bush subsidized corn, which made it profitable to produce "high fructose corn syrup." Not only should there not be restrictions, but the government should not artificially increase supply either.

The Yell. I am in the desert and haven't died yet.
Justinian. Agree that subsidised food production is bad. Taxation is an option, better arguably to tax luxuries more and income less. Education may work but I know the dangers of food and still consume them.
V Kemp. Food and drink isn't consumed logically. Often its impulse and emotional. So if you reduce portion sizes people do consume less.

Why charge people extra for soda because SOME people are fat, Simon? Many healthy people enjoy soda. If fat people are costing us more in healthcare, charge them more for that healthcare. Making things overly complicated by charging them for healthcare in their beverages and charging healthy people because of something they're not contributing to/benefiting from is unjust and stupid.

Mace, people also have brains. People who're using their brains should not be taxed to pay for the costs incurred by morons who don't use theirs. Let the free market determine portion sizes. You're not my [clucking] nanny, you don't have any right to be, and I sure as hell don't need one. Let government babysitters be optional. This shit isn't in the constitution and I certainly don't need it/to be paying for it.

Good job missing the point.