Paying for thy Oreos, the FCC and Canada's Healthcare Mess

Today's Cato Institute Daily Dispatch has three interesting items. One looks at the "public health crisis" regarding obesity that the government has created in order to extend the perverbial wars on drugs and tobacco to food and, hence, justify taking health care choice away from from individuals. In a related piece, a WSJ study looks at wait times in Canadian hospitals and gives further proof of the perils of single payer health care. Finally, Cato looks at the internet telephone revolution and the attempts by Michael Powell and the FCC to create a "right" for the federal government to regulate the industry in the name of "protecting" the market.

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