[d2vid]

If we think of soda like tobacco this makes sense. If tobacco companies are against it, then it probably is a good idea.

But what if the book industry spent $15/SF voter to stop some law that applied to books? Perhaps that law would be harmful to book publishers AND to society overall.

It's amazing how soda companies have come to be seen as evil so quickly.

[wpietri]

It's also amazing how quickly diet-related illness have become a national problem. [1]

Say, I see you work for Instapanel. Who paid for this? And who pays for Instapanel in general? The book thing seems like an odd enough comparison that I'm wondering where your interests lie.

[1] http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag...

[d2vid]

We paid for this as a test of instapanel, got respondents off of Craigslist for $10 each. In general, we're building a tool for startups to get feedback like this on their own products.

I went in strongly in favor of Prop E, I came out as convinced that obesity and soda are bad, but less convinced that this law was a good way to address the issue. I'll probably still vote "Yes" on Prop E, but it was fun to hear the other side out.