[Related to the Apply the Concept on page 240] In 2016, an editorial in the Wall Street Journal was in favor of, “repealing the notorious catfish program that has become a byword for Washington waste...

[Related to the Apply the Concept on page 240] In

2016, an editorial in the Wall Street Journal was in favor

of, “repealing the notorious catfish program that has

become a byword for Washington waste and protectionism? This should be an easy call.” Why would a federal

government program to inspect catfish be considered an

example of protectionism? If repealing the program is

“an easy call,” as the editorial asserts, why was the program still in place in 2017, more than a year after the editorial was published?