Obama's Weekly Address: Food Safety

We are a nation built on the strength of individual initiative. But there are certain things that we can't do on our own. There are certain things that only a government can do. And one of those things is ensuring that the foods we eat, and the medicines we take, are safe and don't cause us harm.

An excellent expression of what progressivism is all about: government of/by/for the people working for the common good in areas where the free market doesn't fully cut it.