Solutions: An Alternative For Mayor Bloomberg In An Attempt To Save The Big Gulp.

I love solutions. Many complain, but few submit viable, working solutions. Many must admit, they just want to fight. I love pure dissent, but when you have no solutions to accompany your complaint, I question the purity, and honesty. Arguments, and disagreements just become parts of strategies in games the other side many not be even aware are being played. Solutions presented and reworked to settle a matter is a good thing, if settlement and peace is the true desire. I hate Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to ban the sale of any soft drink over 16 ounces at restaurants, vendors and other places. While I am concerned about obesity and overeating, the ban calls for more big government and an intrusion in the lives of Americans. A nanny state I never want. It punishes the #responsible for the behavior of the #irresponsible. The key to changing habits and then saving lives is information and choice. When people choose to do differently themselves, they are more likely to stick with the choice. When humans are forced, eventually bad habits will return. Give people information, even give them the right answers, but let them decide based on their own personal lifestyle choice. Obviously, there are some cases where safety of the general public outweighs individual freedoms. But in this limited issue, the rights of the individual should win out. So here is my solution for Mayor Bloomberg. There are already ordinances that require calorie and dietary information on menus, ordering boards, and on products in grocery stores. Since information is key, perhaps this law can be extended to include labeling cups and even fast food sandwich wrappers. On every Big Gulp for example, there can be an approximation of calorie, sugar, sodium, and fat intake. Private industry may not like this solution, but it's already in place. It would not take much to implement the measure further. I think this solution gives Americans freedon, but helps us make wiser choices. While I love that famous Revolutionary quote, perhaps we can find some middle ground between the choice of liberty and death. Yulanda K. Jones

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