Words by Edward Lotterman, Thursday Pioneer Press. Regarding e-coli and trans-fats contanimation of food and maintaing the safety of food. "Governments generally should not act when private markets meet society's needs. When markets fail, government action may improve things. Government actions are not invariably successfu, however, and often produce unintended consequences."

Also said in different words by economist Thomas Sowell "There are no solutions, only trade-offs". This can easily apply to our current smoking ban.

New York City is first to ban trans fats, while at the same time, looking at labels that say 0 trans fats shows that the market prevails. While the conservatives encourage personal responsibility, the liberals say "pass a law"