Friday, March 20, 2015

"Another Nanny State Failure"

I enjoyed this short post from Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation...well, I was enjoying it until I reminded myself that the war on obesity is picking up momentum here:


Another Nanny State Failure

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Advocates of the nanny state are undoubtedly suffering a bout of depression over their latest failure. According to the Los Angeles Times, a legal ban on fast-food restaurants in south Los Angeles has failed to reduce obesity.In fact, it’s worse than that. While obesity has increased in all parts of Los Angeles, the increase was largest in the section where the fast-food ban was in effect.

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6 comments:

S Beast said...

Penn & Teller did a great piece on their show Bullshit about fast food debunking the myth (?!!) it was unhealthy.

tranquil said...

I saw yet another example of the nanny state last night on Youtube.

It was in Madagascar. The government there decrees the period that vanilla will be harvested - I kid you not.

No ability for the farmer to decide when his crop is at its prime. It's "harvest now" - end of story.

Manolo said...

The food nazis will be disappointed but will soldier on!

Anonymous said...

Tranquil, You don't need to go as far as Madagascar. In Western Australia the state government dictates the number of potatoes to be grown, the type of potato and when and where they are to be sold. Farmers who dare to plant too many potatoes are ordered to destroy the superfluous ones. If they do not do so they can be gaoled. It is hard to conceive this form of state created lunacy but I warrant it is true.

Cadwallader

david said...

I followed that link to Hornberger, and hence onto his writings about JFK. I have to admit that I have always assumed the ”LBJ did it” lot were conspiracy theorists. The stuff I ended up reading was indeed alarming. (Why haven't I come across it before?). But he writes in a breathless “Discovery Channel” style repeating the same paragraphs over and over as if like the DC, trying to fit a 5 minute story into a 30 minute slot. And there are such obvious problems with his reconstruction that I am inclined not to take it out of the conspiracy theory bin quite yet.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous, You don't need to go as far as Western Australia. In New Zealand the government dictates the number of houses to be built, the type of houses and when and where they are to be sold. Developers who dare to build too many houses are ordered to destroy the superfluous ones. If they do not do so they can be gaoled. It is hard to conceive this form of state created lunacy but I warrant it is true.