Thursday, February 10, 2011
capitalism
Want to know what kind of monster would be freely roaming the American food landscape if an effective FDA did not exist (an occasional Republican wet dream)? Read about the notorious and unethical but highly profit driven Monsanto company in Missouri. Two especially disturbing facts are (1) the idea that Monsanto believed that they (Monsanto) are not responsible for determining if their own food stuff (eg, GMO products) are safe, that is the FDA's job and (2) they tried to ban milk coming from cows NOT injected with growth hormones (that Monsanto produces).
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It's a shame. We live in a very greedy world. Companies will exploit and even defraud consumers and their own shareholders for more profit. Huge agro companies like Monsanto have largely put the family farms (small and medium) out of business! They have no qualms about using nasty pesticides or hiring illegal aliens, anything to squeeze out more profit! We need morally restrained capitalism, absolute capitalism will lead to despotism. Look at the increasing gulf between the richest and poorest in this country, it is accelerating just as in China!
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