Home Food Libertarianism

Economic rules favor capital. It is in the hands of those who have the means of production. The impoverished, with little know-how in business start up, no capital to start the business, and likely bad credit, have little hope of pulling themselves up aside from working for their oppressors. Corporate interests will look at themselves proudly and say, "We are their benefactors, without us, the poor could not even exist as they do." Lies. They are oppressors, pure and simple.

Regulations favor the large; it needs not be argued. Those with capital can meet regulation standards, those without it cannot. To allow the impoverished to improve themselves, we must remove the reigns from home industry. Food and manufacturing on a very small scale should be allowed in the home, without the burdensome requirements of modern food quality laws. If their are health problems, people can complain about them, but it is horrendous to completely make illegal all home food preparation. For many people, this may be a way out of poverty, a way to make their own way, their own business. They cannot afford commercial kitchens for food preparation.

These laws are supposedly made for the public interest, for health reasons. Ridiculous. You might as well insist that every meal cooked be made in a commercial kitchen; elsewise, all parents should be arrested for endangering the health of their children.

Yes, large restaurants, corporate food magnates, etc. ought to have strict regulations, because these things are beyond human in scale and because their behavior warrants it (compare food born illness complaints in Austin between trailers (1%) and restaurants (16%)...or what about the now defunct due to regulation Good Flow Juice, never one known case of illness attributed to bad juice). But the house that makes tacos to sell from a cart? That is hardly the same thing. Don't you think if they had the ability they would do their preparing in a commercial kitchen, if only to avoid making a mess in their house? They are not trying to beat the system, they are trying to make their own way with their own business, and we are not letting them.

Now, this is an extreme; most places don't allow food to be made for public consumption in home, but I think its workable, personally. But let us not forget the added fees and regulations in general added to small businesses. They are small, if they are bad, they will fail; its the big things that never seem to die.