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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris on March 22, 2009, 01:27:06 AM
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What this will do is force anyone who produces food of any kind, and then transports it to a different location for sale, to register with a new federal agency called the “Food Safety Administration.†Even growers who sell just fruit and/or vegetables at farmers markets would not only have to register, but they would be subject inspections by federal agents of their property and all records related to food production. The frequency of these inspections will be determined by the whim of the Food Safety Administration. Mandatory “safety†records would have to be kept. Anyone who fails to register and comply with all of this nonsense could be facing a fine of up to $1,000,000 per violation.
I’ve bought food at several farmers markets for years and I have yet to meet any vendors who are fond of the government. I think it’s pretty safe to say that most vendors at farmers markets won’t go along with this. The problem will be that the people who run the farmers markets will be forced to make sure that vendors are “registered†with the government.
Is this Change we can believe in? Maybe it is for Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture, Tom “I Fly with Monsanto†Vilsack.
For the rest of us, this is a nightmare.
(MORE) (http://cryptogon.com/?p=7362)
Real-world effects of liberal policies in action.
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One more way for the big O to knock down those trying to make an honest living.
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All this crap is in response to the salmonella outbreaks and will no nothing to stop them.
What it WILL do it expand govt, raise taxes, raise prices for consumable items of any kind.
Just what the doctor ordered. Dr Kavorkian that is and now he has his eyes set on killing America.
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They've in effect nationalized the banks (capital), they're working on heavy industry (GM, Chrysler) and now agriculture. Another angle at collectivizing the farms.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Monsanto-s-dream-bill-HR-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-090309-337.html
....and a host of links at the bottom of that page.
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Insane. Up is down, down is up.
A co-worker just joined a food co-op because his family wants to live organic. They asked me to witness their signature on the paperwork. Apparently local law enforcement did a sting on the co-op (a few years ago) because there were concerns about raw milk being sold. Un-freaking-real. In essence the papers they signed said they were affirmed that they weren't law enforcement.
That is but a taste of the 0bama's plan I imagine......
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There is another component to all this and that is a dems favorite word..TAX.
Many of these roadside vegetable stand transactions are in dollar bills,this is perhaps a way to get a record of volume of crops produced to see how it compares with income declared.