Do you agree with the passage of 'Nanny State' Laws?

1. A recent proposal by N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks to ban the sale of sodas and other sugary drinks over 16 ounces at city food establishments.

2. City of Fort Lee N.J. has decided to fine pedestrians busy texting & not watching where they are going $85.

3. Summer 2011, King County, Wash., required everyone “on or in a major river” wear a life jacket. This includes swimming, floating, or boating. Swimmers are required to don the life vest if they are in waters more than five feet from shore or in waters more than four feet deep. Not wearing an approved floating device can result in a fine of $86.

4. The state of Tennessee is telling its children to pull their pants up by passing a law preventing students from exposing underwear or body parts in an “indecent manner.” In effect, the law dictates what clothes the state's children should wear and how they should wear them. The fine for violating the law is a $250, or up to 160 hours of community service.

5. In Minnetonka, Minn., it is considered a public nuisance, and therefore illegal, for “a truck or other vehicle whose wheels or tires deposit mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or other material on any street or highway.” All violations of the Minnetonka code are subject to fines up to $2,000.

6. 2011 the state of Maryland passed a set of guidelines to protect children from inappropriate physical contact. The guidelines extended to procedures routinely performed by camp counselors, such as the application of sunscreen to campers. The guidelines required that parents wishing to protect their children from the sun’s ultraviolet rays with sunscreen had to give camp counselors permission to apply it