Monday, July 13, 2015

Between a Whopper and a Double Cheeseburger

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday delayed rules requiring chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menus to help you make the hard call between a Whopper and a double cheeseburger.
The Wall Street Journal., "Government by the Pizza Slice," Monday, July 13, 2015, A14, Accessed on July 13, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/government-by-the-pizza-slice-1436741073

Today's passage comes from the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal as they comment on one of the myriad cases of federal regulatory overreach. It's the opening sentence but the closing sentence is just as good: "A government that tries to do everything ends up doing many things badly, which is why so many Americans lack confidence in government." 

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