Grynbaum, Michael M. "Fighting Soda Rule, Industry Focuses on Personal Choice." The New York Times. The New York Times, 02 July 2012. Web. 21 Mar. 2013. 1. In the article, No Food Stamps for Sodas, it talks about the use of food stamps to buy unhealthy beverages. There have been proven studies showing that buying and consuming these sugary beverages causes diabetes. “Every year, tens of millions of federal dollars are spent on sweetened beverages in New York City through the food stamp program — far more than is spent on obesity prevention. This amounts to an enormous subsidy to the sweetened beverage industry.” (No Food Stamps for Sodas) Not only are the food stamps being spent on beverages but millions of dollars are being spent, not on healthy food, but on beverages that are causing health problems. “We are confident that this plan to reduce the consumption of sweetened beverages, if approved by the Department of Agriculture, would strengthen our efforts to combat a serious and worsening health crisis in New York City and could eventually help fight obesity in other communities across the state and nation.” (No Food Stamps for Sodas) By limiting the products that food stamps can buy allows the consumer to pick a healthier choice. Instead of picking soda, the consumer might just pick up a V-8.

2. Cocoa Cola is trying to prevent New York from banding the opportunity to use stamps to buy products such as soda. The article goes on to say how Lobbyist from Cocoa Cola are trying to rally up votes to help prevent Mayer Bloomberg from going through with his suggestion. New York City and State are working with the Department of Agriculture to ban the use of food stamps to purchase sugary drinks but to allow people to buy healthy beverages such as milk or fruit juice. These articles go hand in hand because it shows how serious and how much damage these sugary beverages are causing. Too much sugar causes diabetes and obesity not only with children or adults but mostly in lower income neighborhoods. Restricting purchases made with food stamps gives the consumer the opportunity to pick a healthier choice. Although, everyone should have the freedom to buy what they want, there should be restrictions not only on food stamps but what the food industry can produce.

Daines, Richard F and Thomas Farley. "No Food Stamps for Sodas." New York Times 7 October 2010.