The City of Los Angeles is the latest city government to consider restrictions on new fast food restaurants. The City Council will consider this fall a two-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles. An article in The Los Angeles Times says that "in just one-quarter of a mile near USC on Figueroa Street, from Adams Boulevard south, there are about 20 fast-food outlets." It also pointed out that "thirty percent of adults in South L.A. are obese," and, even more alarming, 29% of children. So while our federal government is subsidising junk food to make it super cheap, local cities have to ban restaurants in areas where overconsumption is the direct result of that cheapness. Why don't we just stop subsidizing it?