Bloomberg's Health Concern Generates Money

New York's Mayor Bloomberg

Everyone is bent out of shape over Mayor Bloombergs' beverage ban plans. He is trying to shed light on the fact that New York City has an issue with obesity and it is encouraged by many unhealthy sales made within stores. Most people feel like they have a right to make a healthy or an unhealthy choice and I agree. This is supposed to be a democracy but at times it feels like New York City's governing policies are starting to reflect that of a dictatorship.

Outside of the fact that his and the governments health concerns seem insincere  to me, I would like to point out that their "health concerns" are just another way for businesses to generate more money for the city, keep in mind that this city's economy is not doing to great.

These health concerns called for smaller packaging of unhealthy products in 2009. Did anyone notice that the packages got smaller but the prices never changed? Therefore we are paying the same amount for less of a product. In some cases we are even paying more money for the same size package. Has anyone tried to find a twenty-five cent bag of chips that doesn't cost fifty cents?

Even unhealthy cereal boxes got smaller, but for some reason their prices went up.

Let's fast forward a bit; today it's over sized beverages and the big gulp slurpee's he and his supporters want to take off the market.

What impact will this have on the stores?

They won't lose consumers; their sales will increase! Some readers are wondering how will the stores removal of a product generate money; won't they loose money instead? 

No, they will gain money because people will buy twice as more of what's available to them. People's dietary habits won't change because things are smaller. People will simply buy more of what's available to fulfill their needs. It is a cycle; all his ban will do is generate more money for the businesses allowing the city to tax these companies more money all because people will continue with their unhealthy habits buy buying twice as much from the market. Not to mention that once the big gulp slurpee's and other large sized beverages are off the market these businesses can raise the prices on what's available.