Regulation

Just a reminder from one who stil has some sense of history: the government got into the regulation business because the private sector abused its power to regulate itself. It wasn't, in spite of the ridiculous fantasies of the knee-jerk anti-government right, just something the Democrats decided to do because they were bored, or because they hate business, or for whatever reason these screwballs come up with. It was necessary. Now that we've had six years of major corporations running the government and the press, we get stories like this.

I don't agree that the FDA is incapable of doing its job. Yes, it needs reform, but the entire government apparatus needs to be updated and streamlined. That's doesn't mean throwing in the towel, which the president has done on every issue except increasing his own power.