Heartland: When Bake Sales Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Bake Sales

By the Heartland Institute’s Ben Boychuk.

“Drop that brownie, young lady! You’re in violation of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.”

Vilsack and Miller, who is on his way out as chairman of the education committee, don’t “intend” for the federal government to ban bake sales in your community school. But the law says it can. Maybe not next week. But maybe next year. Or maybe sometime in the future, when a true believer like Margo Wootan is Secretary of Agriculture. And in any event, states and officious localities are already headed in that direction.

Read the rest of this post at the Heartland Institute’s blog Somewhat Reasonable.

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