First, it was Mayor Michael Bloomberg telling New Yorkers what’s good for them by banning large sodas. Is a Bloomberg-style schoolmarm mentality now coming to the nation’s capital?
A formal proposal has yet to be introduced, but people living and working in the city should keep an eye on D.C. Council members who have said they would like to have a New York City-style ban on large sugary drinks. As experience shows, bans and taxes in this vein do little or nothing to alter consumer behavior, and stretch the definition of government’s legitimate role.
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