Comments on: “Bloomberg’s Long History of Nannying”

By: Swift

Swift — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:12:00 +0000

I’m not good with names. My comments are still valid.

The day Cato acknowledges that market failures are real is the day they may be taken seriously.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:02:11 +0000

Let’s summarize Swift’s level of seriousness and attention here:

1. I dropped by to snark at the interview but couldn’t be bothered to check that the person in it is not Ted, who hasn’t blogged here in more than a year.

wheeeee, indeed.

By: Swift

Swift — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:39:13 +0000

Let’s summarize Ted’s arguments here:

1. Not only does the restaurant serve bad food, but the portions are too small (arguing that the ban is both bad and ineffective).
2. Somehow bringing up the fact that a person has been photoshopped to appear to be an amputee in a diabetes ad either makes the campaign invalid or somehow is relevant to the underlying discussion and isn’t just some sideshow issue that he’s using to slam government in general.
3. Policy should not be based on the latest and best scientific information known at any given time (yes, this is actually what is implied at around the 4 minute mark)

wheeeee!