In the latest abject failure of paternalism, New York City
Department of Education regulators have
banned homemade goods from bake sales to help curb youth
obesity. Their reasoning? That they cannot control the portion
sizes or nutritional information for homemade goods. So now at
school bake sales well meaning parents and kids will sell
Doritos, Fruit Roll-Ups, etc.
Although it is probably impossible to count the ways in which
this policy mocks common sense and leads to such absurdities as
having a "bake" sale that offers only brand-name junk food,
Chidem Kurdas has
come up with five, which she argues are extendable to
regulations more generally.
Let's have black bread handed out by WAY OF ration cards-- Great
way to lose weight fast!
Richard Baker| 3.2.10 @ 7:38PM
Waaay past time to cull the herd of bureaucrats.
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Alan Brooks| 3.2.10 @ 5:52PM
Let's have black bread handed out by WAY OF ration cards-- Great way to lose weight fast!
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Waaay past time to cull the herd of bureaucrats.
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