Quote Originally Posted by MindGames View Post
For anyone arguing that people shouldn't be able to sell their own food and drinks just because they haven't been inspected by some agency, think about this:

Let's say we lived in a world where anybody could sell whatever the fuck they wanted, be it lemonade, bagels, or whatever (I'll only focus on foods for the purpose of the discussion), without any permits or regulation. How long do you think it would take for the free market to realize that you shouldn't buy food from sketchy ass strangers on the side of the road? If people get sick or start being poisoned from eating the food they bought from these vendors, then first of all, no shit, who would have ever thought that you might not be getting the best quality product from some unknown vendor without a reputation? Once people start to realize that they have to look out for themselves, these types of vendors will go out of business anyway since they can't be trusted, especially when there are better, more reputable options to choose from (which there should be plenty of in a pure free market).
So you want a reactionary system where businesses are punished only after they've made people sick (or dead)...