Comments on: Take Mike Bloomberg With a Grain of Salt (Or Ten Thousand)

By: Afrocity

Afrocity — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:24:45 +0000

Or if Bloomberg can weasel himself into a 3rd term, he can do anything.

By: Jenn Q. Public

Jenn Q. Public — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:30:38 +0000

Trish, you’re right that New Yorkers won’t take it seriously … until they’re forced to take it seriously. Just like with the trans fats ban, if Mayor Bloomberg can’t nag people into getting with his program, he’ll legislate them into it.

By: Trish Deneen

Trish Deneen — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:58:11 +0000

Michigan is headed towards more sin taxes as we speak. I hope we get that tax ‘em ’til they die crowd out of office next year. I’ve never been to New York, but somehow I don’t see New Yorkers taking this salt campaign too seriously. Am I wrong?

By: Jenn Q. Public

Jenn Q. Public — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:13:47 +0000

Afrocity, happy new year, woman!

I don’t use table salt at all, but it’ll be a cold day in hell before I let the government make that decision for me. You’re right, if we don’t have free will, what do we have?

And don’t people get goiters if they don’t consume enough iodine-fortified table salt? Someone ought to remind Mayor Mike about the law of unintended consequences!

By: Afrocity

Afrocity — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:03:13 +0000

Jenn, when I heard about NYC and the salt thing, I laughed out loud. I do not use salt much at all. Only when I am using a recipe but if I want to it is my business. How much government nutrition policing do we need. Sure, it may have kept my mom from dying at 68 yoa from high blood pressure but she wanted it that way. I am surprised that we did not have to pry those mesquite baby back ribs out of her cold dead hands.

Life is about free will. I love ice cream. I drink bottled water. The city of Chicago charges me a $1 per case. Meanwhile there is some youth killing someone in the city as I write this.

Enjoy my $4 water sin tax Chicago C(r)ook county.