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Originally Posted by Willravel
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:
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.
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.
The picture's already there, it's been painted. I'd like an answer to this question:
Where and when has your suggested alternative worked?
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The FDA fails on many levels. There are many products that don't require FDA approval, labeling, certification, or testing. Remember, I've been studying the food manufacturing business and the retail grocery business for 3-4 years now.
I'm not likening anything to terrorism. You're taking that leap faster and farther than the General Lee in the Dukes of Hazzard. I'm showing that government agencies fail the citizens often. The government agencies will continue to fail its citizens.
Just like democracy America is the great experiment and wasn't working any place over 200 years ago.
Again, I'm asking for a choice, which you're stating absolutes that I'm claiming only to have one thing and that is private choices. I'm asking for a choice in the matter, a choice given to everyone.
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