AMERICAblog: Food industry bitten by their own lobbying efforts
Spadecaller
· 1 year ago
Excellent article. The food industry and quite a few other K Street residents are now beginning to realize the counter-productive consequence of their greed and abuses of power. Yes, they did make a killing ... initially. We have begun to see the bitter results of what unprincpled ambition and unregulated commerce has done to our nation. After two terms of a mafia-like administration, should we be surprised?
dad
· 1 year ago
more evidence of how the splurge is working
ClayPotts
· 1 year ago
If cancerous McCain is elected America can expect a continuation of these poisonous policies. Every Republican elected shortens the lifespan of the average American.
Smarmy
· 1 year ago
No one industry can self regulate. We are beginning to see the RESULTS of 8 years of filthy republicans in office. Every facet of this country is wobbling.
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· 1 year ago
What is safe to eat? I don't feel like the food supply is safe with anything. The chemicals and genetically modified organisms and bacteria. 90% of the people say no to GMOs but Big Agra says yes so we are forced to eat it.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Don't the elites worry about their own families? Guess not.
Meanwhile, Obama is going to need to focus on kitchen table issues affecting Americans: the economy, gas prices, loss of jobs, high medical care, foreclosures, and yes, even immigration of the illegal type, which many Americans believe is affecting all of this to some degree or another. In NC, Eliz Dole has surged 7 points ahead of Kay Hagan, the Dem nominee for her seat, simply by bringing up the issue of illegal immigration. Now, whether or not it can be proved that illegal immigration does nothing to affect the economy, many believe otherwise, esp. in a state like NC, which has lost many jobs to outsourcing and the fact that those haven't been replaced; worse, the complicity of both Rethugs and Dems in this phenomenon is common belief here. You cannot convince North Carolinians that the large numbers of illegal immigrants in this state (variously estimated at 500K to 1M) have been aided and abetted by all politicians--from the issuing of driver's licenses over the years, the quality of schools which must teach English to the children of illegals, the rising costs in health care, food assistance,etc., much of which NC's own citizens are not privy to, and which is resented by tax dollars being spent on various programs, as well as the numbers of illegal imigrants involved in gang activities and crime..
Where Rethugs can campaign on this issue alone, they very well could prevail, given the sentiment among not just the working class, but the middle class as well, and based on their own perceptions, BTW--and whether or not the Rethugs are correct on any of this and the perceived neglect by Dems with concern for these issues among voters.
lynchie
· 1 year ago
Don't forget this is 12 years of Republican control of Congress. It was just easier to stop regulation over the past 8. I expect the government will bail out this industry as they have the banking industry. After all, it is not their fault they don't keep our food safe. It is OURS. This country has regressed back to the 1920's. It is dog eat dog and screw the consumer. Everything is good as long as they slide by, but, let us not forget the Pet Food disaster, lead in toys, regulations removed from milk cartons, food from China poisoned, ground beef even your dog dies from. The list is endless. Business has no interest in the well being of the citizens, it's only interest is profit, if a few die someone runs the numbers and they are just collateral damage, no different than bombing cities and towns in Iraq, sorry folks a few dead is worth the oil revenue for Haliburton. What a despicable bunch in Washington, there is no outrage, no one demanding better controls and the lobbyists take their favorite politicians out for a steak dinner (no tomatoes or peppers, please), hand off their bags of cash, open a nice red wine, light a cigar and laugh their asses off how they fucked us all again. Is anyone ethical in Washington any more or are they just up to their asses in graft, greed and corruption. I think the latter.
jr
· 1 year ago
live by Arthur Lafferism, die by Arthur Lafferism
xjn
· 1 year ago
this is the same reason the mortgage industry is dragging down the economy... deregulation. Sure its fun at first and people make money, but once investors and/or consumers figure out there are no rules and no accountability they stay the hell away... you were giving $500,000 loans to people without even checking their income, and then chopping those up and stirring them into the salsa along with all the other junk... even the big banks started crapping blood, now nobody wants to eat our guacamole.
Get it through your head republicons and liebertarians: Regulation is good for markets. Consumers want it, but you never gave a crap about them anyway. You need to realize that INVESTORS want things regulated to protect their investments.
EmGD
· 1 year ago
Here's my solution, they quit bitching about shooting themselves in the foot and I won't walk past the tomatoes and jalapenos at the store in a haughty 'I told you so manner' as go buy something that isn't contaminated. Deal?
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Meanwhile, Obama is going to need to focus on kitchen table issues affecting Americans: the economy, gas prices, loss of jobs, high medical care, foreclosures, and yes, even immigration of the illegal type, which many Americans believe is affecting all of this to some degree or another. In NC, Eliz Dole has surged 7 points ahead of Kay Hagan, the Dem nominee for her seat, simply by bringing up the issue of illegal immigration. Now, whether or not it can be proved that illegal immigration does nothing to affect the economy, many believe otherwise, esp. in a state like NC, which has lost many jobs to outsourcing and the fact that those haven't been replaced; worse, the complicity of both Rethugs and Dems in this phenomenon is common belief here. You cannot convince North Carolinians that the large numbers of illegal immigrants in this state (variously estimated at 500K to 1M) have been aided and abetted by all politicians--from the issuing of driver's licenses over the years, the quality of schools which must teach English to the children of illegals, the rising costs in health care, food assistance,etc., much of which NC's own citizens are not privy to, and which is resented by tax dollars being spent on various programs, as well as the numbers of illegal imigrants involved in gang activities and crime..
Where Rethugs can campaign on this issue alone, they very well could prevail, given the sentiment among not just the working class, but the middle class as well, and based on their own perceptions, BTW--and whether or not the Rethugs are correct on any of this and the perceived neglect by Dems with concern for these issues among voters.
This country has regressed back to the 1920's. It is dog eat dog and screw the consumer. Everything is good as long as they slide by, but, let us not forget the Pet Food disaster, lead in toys, regulations removed from milk cartons, food from China poisoned, ground beef even your dog dies from. The list is endless. Business has no interest in the well being of the citizens, it's only interest is profit, if a few die someone runs the numbers and they are just collateral damage, no different than bombing cities and towns in Iraq, sorry folks a few dead is worth the oil revenue for Haliburton.
What a despicable bunch in Washington, there is no outrage, no one demanding better controls and the lobbyists take their favorite politicians out for a steak dinner (no tomatoes or peppers, please), hand off their bags of cash, open a nice red wine, light a cigar and laugh their asses off how they fucked us all again.
Is anyone ethical in Washington any more or are they just up to their asses in graft, greed and corruption. I think the latter.
Get it through your head republicons and liebertarians: Regulation is good for markets. Consumers want it, but you never gave a crap about them anyway. You need to realize that INVESTORS want things regulated to protect their investments.
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-...
as long as those lobbyists' checks cleared, it all worked out just fine!