In NYC, people with food stamps would not be able to buy soda, they must pay with regular cash for two years. Gov. David Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg are on a mission, that they want soda taken off of food stamps all over the U.S. They want the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take soda and sports drinks (that includes energy drinks too, I believe), excluded from eligibility of food stamps all across the U.S.

Read the full article, here.

I’m no big fan of David Paterson, I hate that guy as well, but what he’s doing here is actually good. I agree with it too. Soda is part of responsibility with obesity. Before I started bodybuilding and fitness, I was a big time sodaholic. I used to drink soda every day. So I had to cut it out, stop eating and drinking so much crap, get into fitness and get healthy.

Gov. Paterson gets my respect for this one time. If he keeps doing good things such as this instead of being an asshole, maybe he’ll get my full support.

Not only they should take soda off of food stamps, they need to raise the prices. I don’t like soda anymore. Haven’t touched a soda in way over a year, and I’m proud of myself. Soda is poison.

Kev