LA City Council to ban fast food restaurants

I've been wrong by thinking we lived in a free market society. Now LA wants to restrict "Fast Food" restaurants. That reduction in supply of restaurants will only increase the cost of "fast food" to the consumer. Then the government will "feel" a need to step in and help the consumer, again.

It's not the fast food restaurants that cause obesity. Most people consume less than 25% of their food outside the home.

Rebeca Torres, a South Los Angeles mother of four, said she would welcome more dining choices, even if she had to pay a little more. "They should have better things for children," she said. "This fast-food really fattens them up."

Rebeca, they do have better things for children. Parents, not some government employee, should see to it that their children select the proper foods. Don't buy your kids any junk food. Tell them to go outside and play instead of watching TV. The weather in LA is good enough for children to play outdoors all year.

What creates obesity is too many calories. What does the government schools teach during 12 years of forced schooling? Doesn't the government schools teach about caloric intake? Ah, I know. The government schools teach that the government can solve all your problems, even your over indulgence of food.

As long as government provides free health care, look for govenment employees to try and control your health by telling you what to eat.

Charles Tolleson

Edited 7/30/2008
The day after I posted this blog I read a news story that Dunkin' Donuts will offer healthier foods. The market works.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_he_me/fast_food_ban;_ylt=AjX23B7RNMAczI3d6AIV6Pas0NUE

In the impoverished neighborhood of South Los Angeles, fast food is the easiest cuisine to find — and that's a problem for elected officials who see it as an unhealthy source of calories and cholesterol.

The City Council was poised to vote Tuesday on a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a swath of the city where a proliferation of such eateries goes hand-in-hand with obesity.
"Our communities have an extreme shortage of quality foods," City Councilman Bernard Parks said.