such as?

1906 pure food and drug act in FDA's case

the guy who was behind that was kind of nuts

Wiley

without the FDA we wouldnt know what was in our food and drugs

the free market could not operate without it

I can understand the reason fo rhaving a watchdog, but I think that attributes the wrong motives to the origins of som eof these agencies

who cares about the origins?

they all came around in the same 20 year window, the federal erserve included, trying to cartelize and become a corporatist state was the agenda

I do, because they are operating as intended

nonsense

these agencies are comprised of real people

not some shadowy cartels

plenty of good people work there, some are also in the revolving door with the drug companies

yes, I agree

i have a familial connection with the fda, i know they are good people

the solution to that is more regulation, not less

I can't ignore the revolving door and the politics and think nothing is wrong

yeah, I agree

it needs to be legislated out

well I will say 'reform', because some times the regulations are in the direction of LESS health

it's not as simple as 'more regulation' but i get what you mean

for example, with the fda, the issue of how they operate as a caretlization device to really hurt smaller firms is no joke

we need major lobbying reform- there is no question there

is that a 'more reuglation' issue?

or is it 'reform'? maybe needs a new title

exactly what the FDA should and shouldn't do is up for debate, absolutely

but typically what libertarians say is that it should not exist

i also rememebr when the FDA was going around trying hard to crush the holistic health industry

wanting vitamins to be by prescription, etc

yeah I mean the holistic health industry is just charlatans

they absolutely should be crushed

Sinclair Lewis?. exposed the horrible practices of the meat industry before regulation in his book the Jungle
Very compelling book
Read it in Junior high

that's what the FDA should do

might be, but i guess that's where a libertarian mindset comes into conflict with some other views

so, a rule of the free market

is perfect information

yea we've all read teh Jungle i'm sure

The meat industry was horrific

part of the meat industry situatoin was due to the ICC

it's a problem that people are consuming things presented as medicine, when they themselves are not doctors