• If you are having problems logging in please use the Contact Us in the lower right hand corner of the forum page for assistance.

Mississippi passes 'anti-Bloomberg bill'

Whitewing

Well-known member
The bill was authored by state Sen. Tony Smith, a Republican who owns the Stonewall’s BBQ chain, who said government shouldn't tell people what they cannot eat.

Lawmakers in Mississippi — the most obese state in the nation — have overwhelmingly approved what they’re calling the "anti-Bloomberg bill."

It would ban communities from requiring restaurants to post calorie counts on menus or limit portion sizes, as Mayor Bloomberg tried to do with his proposed ban on large sodas. Also forbidden: any local rule banning toys from being distributed with kids’ meals.

The governor is expected to sign it.

Smith told the Daily News that Bloomberg‘s proposed ban on large sugary sodas in New York helped give impetus to his legislation. He said Bloomberg’s rule – which was written to attack obesity - doesn’t make sense.

If customers “want to supersize, they're going to figure out how to do it, whether that means buying two or whatever," said Smith, whose restaurants only service sodas 20-ounces at a time, a serving size that Bloomberg‘s ban would outlaw.

Smith‘s bill - which says nutritional requirements should only be decided at the state level - sailed through the Mississippi legislature with broad bipartisan support, overwhelming the arguments of a small group of opponents who said that local governments should be allowed to make their own rules.

calories-tony-smith.jpg


Sen. Tony Smith, R-Picayune, checks his ribs and chicken barbecuing on the grill during the North vs. South Cookout held Monday, April 23, 2012 on the grounds of the Old Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Sens. Smith and Willie Simmons, D-Cleveland, showcased their cooking talents to raise funds for the Mississippi Military Family Relief Fund.
 

kolanuraven

Well-known member
Then charge FAT people more for their insurance costs instead of spreading it throughout the system, thus costing everyone else more.


If they want to eat themselves to death, let'm I say but not at my expense!
 

Steve

Well-known member
kolanuraven said:
Then charge FAT people more for their insurance costs instead of spreading it throughout the system, thus costing everyone else more.


If they want to eat themselves to death, let'm I say but not at my expense!

most insurances already do charge more.. but with many in group plans they still spread the cost.. and many attempts by employers to pass on those costs to the individual are vehemently protested by the unions..

unless you want to break up the union.. group plans are not going away...
 

Big Muddy rancher

Well-known member
kolanuraven said:
Then charge FAT people more for their insurance costs instead of spreading it throughout the system, thus costing everyone else more.


If they want to eat themselves to death, let'm I say but not at my expense!


Spoken like a true rich socialist. :lol: :lol:
 

hopalong

Well-known member
do they charge more for a fat mouth like kolo=jingo=lulu=, allie have????

Should charge less for a lobotamy cause the brain is smaller than a humming bird :wink:
 

Whitewing

Well-known member
Steve said:
kolanuraven said:
Then charge FAT people more for their insurance costs instead of spreading it throughout the system, thus costing everyone else more.


If they want to eat themselves to death, let'm I say but not at my expense!

most insurances already do charge more.. but with many in group plans they still spread the cost.. and many attempts by employers to pass on those costs to the individual are vehemently protested by the unions..

unless you want to break up the union.. group plans are not going away...

Now Steve, let's not be judgmental. We all know that union workers are some of the most trim and fit humans on the planet.

480-protest.jpg

seiu.JPG
 

Sandhusker

Well-known member
kolanuraven said:
Then charge FAT people more for their insurance costs instead of spreading it throughout the system, thus costing everyone else more.


If they want to eat themselves to death, let'm I say but not at my expense!

That is discrimination, according to your leaders.
 

Latest posts

Top