Filed under: Agriculture, Consumer Health, Monsanto, Politics | Tags: Agriculture, Bill HR 875, department of health, Fascism, FDA, food, Food Modernization Act, Grassroots Gourmet, Monsanto, obama, Politics
While it may seem that my arguement below is skewed to the left and based simply upon liberalist banter, I must stress that my conclusions are based off of what I read in the actual text of the Bill.
To be more specific, I suggest you read over the following sections:
- Section 201: Administration of National Program
- Section 401: Prohibited Acts
- Section 403: Notification and Recall
- Section 405: Civil and Criminal Penalties
- Section 506: Regulations
In my humble opinion, after reading over this bill, the establishment of Food Safety Administration seems like a small death to civil liberties. The administrationwill have the power to determine what food passes regulation standards based on very broad (and some arbitrary) guidelines left up to the determination of the the ADMINISTRATOR (dun dun dunnnnnnnnn)
The motivation behind this bill is to keep our food safe and out of the hands of contamination and bioterrorists. Though (if passed) this might prevent the occasional tomato and peanut scare, it seems like more wasted funding for another one of our government’s anti-terrorist moves that will do nothing more than infringe on our rights as citizens.
Anyone remember the Patriot Act? Well, more than anything else this seems like the beginning of government intervention into multiple realms of domestic life, a change none of us were hoping for.
Obama, you might want to get your wife’s organic garden at the White House approved. Those veggies could be lethal.
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Your argument is definitely not left-leaning and is more in line with the small government principles of Ron Paul. What this bill will also do is make it harder and harder for small, family farms and co-ops to exist. Many rural communities share their organic crops and meats with one another. The government has already raided family farms all over the country, just check out this link: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=6325
While the reasoning behind the bill is to keep us safe, the real consequences will destroy our freedom and liberty to choose what we want to eat.
Comment by bevans623 March 26, 2009 @ 12:05 pmAm too pleased that I actually got it right, and in about 5-10 seconds too. ,
Comment by BadGirl19 October 10, 2009 @ 4:42 pm