Thursday, May 14 2009, 12:04 am
Open Letter to Representatives RE 'Food Safety Bills'
Please oppose H.R. 875, H.R. 759, and all other similar legislative proposals.
It is extreme hypocrisy for the government to claim that it can keep food safe for consumers.
Here are the primary objections to these bills and other bills of the same ilk.
1. It is not constitutional for Congress to write laws outside of the powers delegated to it by the Constitution (Article I). There is no mention of a 'food safety administration' in Article I. Congress does NOT possess the power to regulate food production.
2. The army of inspectors this bill (H.R. 875) would create would not be able to complete their tasks as this bill outlines them -- it would violate the Fourth Amendment, which safeguards Americans' right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures.
3. We already have too many government bureaucracies that deal with food and agriculture. The USDA and FDA obviously can't keep us safe; an additional inept government agency won't be any different. Congress is seriously asking the taxpayers to foot the bill for ANOTHER useless alphabet soup ABC government organization? Not only can we as a country not afford it, but we already know that the FDA and the USDA cannot keep our food safe. It is a heinous lie to claim that a new bureaucracy could.
4. We already have a system to ensure food safety. It's called the free market. Government needs to back off its over-regulation of the food industry. For too long our politicians have been listening to special interests and corporations, and ignoring the demands of the consumer. The free market possesses the most influential means for regulating food safety, but clowns in Washington D.C. continue to aid and abet the evildoing food giants.
Instead of these bills, we need to pass a law that will ensure mandatory labeling of genetically engineered and genetically modified foods. People have a RIGHT to know before they are used as guinea pigs for multinational conglomerates!
Instead of these bills, we need a law that legalizes all farmers everywhere to test their cows for Mad Cow Disease if they so desire.
Instead of these bills, we need to promote small farmers that make commitments to local, healthy, sustainable crops.
Personally, I obtain as much of my food as possible either from what I grow myself or directly from the farmers. Are you trying to tell me that inserting a hopelessly inept government agency in between me and my food is going to increase my safety?
Don't make me laugh.
Thank you for doing the right thing, the legal thing, the constitutional thing -- oppose these bills!
It is extreme hypocrisy for the government to claim that it can keep food safe for consumers.
Here are the primary objections to these bills and other bills of the same ilk.
1. It is not constitutional for Congress to write laws outside of the powers delegated to it by the Constitution (Article I). There is no mention of a 'food safety administration' in Article I. Congress does NOT possess the power to regulate food production.
2. The army of inspectors this bill (H.R. 875) would create would not be able to complete their tasks as this bill outlines them -- it would violate the Fourth Amendment, which safeguards Americans' right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures.
3. We already have too many government bureaucracies that deal with food and agriculture. The USDA and FDA obviously can't keep us safe; an additional inept government agency won't be any different. Congress is seriously asking the taxpayers to foot the bill for ANOTHER useless alphabet soup ABC government organization? Not only can we as a country not afford it, but we already know that the FDA and the USDA cannot keep our food safe. It is a heinous lie to claim that a new bureaucracy could.
4. We already have a system to ensure food safety. It's called the free market. Government needs to back off its over-regulation of the food industry. For too long our politicians have been listening to special interests and corporations, and ignoring the demands of the consumer. The free market possesses the most influential means for regulating food safety, but clowns in Washington D.C. continue to aid and abet the evildoing food giants.
Instead of these bills, we need to pass a law that will ensure mandatory labeling of genetically engineered and genetically modified foods. People have a RIGHT to know before they are used as guinea pigs for multinational conglomerates!
Instead of these bills, we need a law that legalizes all farmers everywhere to test their cows for Mad Cow Disease if they so desire.
Instead of these bills, we need to promote small farmers that make commitments to local, healthy, sustainable crops.
Personally, I obtain as much of my food as possible either from what I grow myself or directly from the farmers. Are you trying to tell me that inserting a hopelessly inept government agency in between me and my food is going to increase my safety?
Don't make me laugh.
Thank you for doing the right thing, the legal thing, the constitutional thing -- oppose these bills!
