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There are plenty of people who are capable of making healthy food, but are simply banned by the current regulatory process.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/opinion/15zachbrooks.html

What safety do you believe that requiring 2250 hours of training to be a hair braider provides?

http://madamenoire.com/501738/texas-federal-judge-rules-hair...

And why is a pack of cigarettes sold by a bodega somehow safer than a single cigarette sold by Eric Garner?

I eat food that has not been blessed by American regulators all the time. Somehow, this didn't kill me: https://goo.gl/photos/ytKacsLvkxhqCnW18



All of that is argument for saner, more evidence driven regulations, not getting rid of regulations.


Who advocated eliminating all regulations?




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