Fire the FDA

Fire the FDA
Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Md., on Aug. 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
Stephen Moore
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The late, great economist Milton Friedman used to point to the Food and Drug Administration as an example of a government agency that killed tens of thousands of people every year. This declaration stunned and even enraged people.

Stephen Moore
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Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, chief economist at FreedomWorks, and co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. He served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Impoverishing America.”
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