Drew Carey recently did some investigative reporting for the Reason Foundation about the ongoing controversy over bacon hot dogs being sold on the streets of Los Angeles.
“Amid the hustle and bustle of downtown Los Angeles, there exists another world, an underground world of illicit trade in—not drugs or sex—but bacon-wrapped hot dogs.”
The video features an interview with Terrence Powell of the Los Angeles County Health Department who makes a very weak attempt at explaining why bacon hot dogs are illegal. Powell and his food police cohorts are a fine example of the problem with over-regulation of an industry. Powell claims that bacon is a potentially hazardous food…as if hot dogs potentially aren’t?!?
Carey and street vendor Elizabeth Palacios sum it up best by saying that the customers “just want the bacon.”