The L.A. Food Nannies and The Fast Food Ban

It seems that the Food Police have become more mainstream, at least in places like New York, Chicago, and LA. Personal Choice is no longer an option- with anything. Intelligent people like Drew Carey and Anthony Bourdain understand the stupidity behind things like a foie gras ban. However most people seem to be pretty content to allow incompetent governments to run their lives, cradle to grave.

Of course this includes what food you can put in your mouth. Now I'm not saying I find gluttony an admirable trait, but people should be free to choose.

Speaking of which, one of the biggest hypocrites is Governor Arnold of California. This is a guy who used to praise Milton Friedman's "Free To Choose" series and embodied the idea of the immigrant who was successful by making the right choices in life and being personally responsible. Now Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to ban trans fats. Maybe instead he should use his personal success as an example ( even if it means acknowledging the use of steroids as a practical choice) and explain how he CHOSE a life of physical fitness which included regular exercise and intelligent food choices. He didn't need the government to tell him what to eat back then and he shouldnt use his power to shove it down our throats now.

Now in Los Angeles they want to ban new fast food development for at least a year. Perhaps they should allow consumers to decide. The fact that they are even considering a ban means that there is big demand for the fast food services. Why is that? Perhaps most of the regular people out in L.A. can't afford to eat at the trendy expensive restaurants or shop at price inflated snobby groceries. This is a government that wants to ban fast food but also works overtime to ban supermarkets that sell affordable food. If your government makes it so you can't afford to grocery shop and then tries to eliminate cheap prepared food, where the hell are poor and middle class people supposed to eat?