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i'm confused by steve's assertions.

take the current chinese breast-milk-substitute (infant formula) debacle.
if our government regulations were removed instead of strengthened, then
wouldn't infants in the US also be dying from drinking profitable melamine
(plastic) in their formula? so this would be a GOOD thing... because
parents would finally see the folly of trusting corporations to do their
food production for them... is that what you mean, steve?

tina

> This is not directed at pbarrett at all, just some of my thoughts in
this area.
>
> If we're going to discuss politics on the paleo email list, I'd like to
move the conversation to the benefits of libertarianism
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian).  It seems to me that even
Anarcho libertarianism/capitalism
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalists) is quite compatible
with the philosophy of paleo, getting back to the simple, without
authoritarian oversight, buying healthy foods, often locally, without
contamination with "modern" processed ingredients, and moving away from
enforced collectivists/socialist practices and moving towards voluntary
choices at all levels.  Government regulation and rules always pervert
market values (sugar price supports, farm give backs to not grow food,
import restrictions on food, price supports, promotion of corn and
grain, etc., etc.,, etc.) and result in the average guy on the street
paying more for lower value and lower quality.