Smoking bans are only the 7th worst!!

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080820135138.aspx

The Nanny State Diaries

Nine of the most business-hurting, freedom-hating and logic-bending regulations and bans on the books - and how the media love them.

The media love when the government steps in to solve a problem. Journalists champion regulations on vehicle fuel standards, oil company profits, housing, food labeling and a host of other issues.


But occasionally journalists will support a government regulation or ban that would be funny were it not so directly opposed to freedom and free markets. From foie gras to bacon-wrapped hot dogs and trans fats to flame retardants, news outlets have pushed state and local bans ranging from silly to downright dangerous.

Meanwhile, Americans’ freedoms are being limited, businesses are being restricted and punished for meeting market demands and the government’s waistline expands. It’s funny, but it’s no laughing matter.

The Business & Media Institute presents a list of the nine most business-hurting, freedom-hating and logic-bending regulations and bans in the United States (and one from across the pond), and a look at how the media embrace them or ignore their ill effects: