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General Category => Politics => Topic started by: redcliffsw on April 06, 2015, 06:08:00 AM

Title: States' Rights and Frankenfood . . .
Post by: redcliffsw on April 06, 2015, 06:08:00 AM

A bipartisan bill to be introduced today by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) and Rep G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) would bar states from requiring the labeling of foods derived from genetically modified organisms.

Rather than trust the states, Reps. Pompeo and Butterfield want Washington bureaucrats to impose a single national requirement.

Why would they do this, when they also believe the same bureaucracy incapable of handling even the simplest tasks? You can guess the answer.

Money talks. Big Agriculture has plenty of it, and is more than willing to share it with politicians who do its bidding.

Read on:
http://thedailybell.com/news-analysis/36207/States-Rights-and-Frankenfood/