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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
FDA
I'd like to thank the Game and Wildlife for making sure that I don't get trampled on by any elephants. They are really on the case and doing a good job of that!
Mercury levels huh? Funny because pregnant women are instructed to not eat any fish because of the fear of high mercury levels. It's not the responsibility of the FDA. So no wonder you think they are doing a great job! You could say they are doing a great job of investing money for retirement.
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is responsible for all the food. They are doing a crappy job.
Strange, since the FDA is doing a bang up job.
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The FDA wouldn't exist if the market were able to deal with toxic contamination of food and drugs themselves. And unless you have a rather impressive chemistry set at home, you won't be taking the place of the FDA any time soon. And the FDA does prevent many, many dangerous or dishonest products from finding their way into our supermarket shelves or pharmacies. The fact is that the FDA doesn't have the resources they need to keep up with the multitude of failures on the part of manufacturers. Look here:
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So the melamine, peanut, tainted meat of one of the largest food processors was the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service doing their jobs? No, just like the CIA and FBI after 9/11, they FAILED the citizens they said they would protect from harm.
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You're likening the companies that produced the tainted meat and peanuts with terrorists. I think that demonstrates my point about the market not being the solution to every problem.
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Again, I'm hesitant to believe that the government will be able to take care of me when the time comes.
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I took high school chemistry and I think a chemistry class in college. I wouldn't know where to begin when testing my peanuts for e coli.
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I'm not for pell mell and this disastrous picture you paint.
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The picture's already there, it's been painted. I'd like an answer to this question:
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Originally Posted by robot_parade
Where are these countries where so many elderly people live so well without the benefit of social programs like social security?
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Where and when has your suggested alternative worked?