With America's "fiscal cliff" approaching, pundits wring their
hands over the supposed catastrophe that government spending cuts will
bring. A scare newsletter called "Food Poisoning Bulletin" warns that if
government reduces food inspections, "food will be less safe ... (because)
marginal companies ... (will) cut corners."
We're going to die!
Most people believe that without government meat inspection, food would be filthy. We read "The Jungle," Upton Sinclair's depiction of the meatpacking business, and assume that the FDA and the Food Safety and Inspection Service are all that stand between us and E. coli. Meatpacking conditions were disgusting. Government intervened. Now, we're safe! A happy ending to a story of callous greed.
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2012/12/05/food_bunk
We're going to die!
Most people believe that without government meat inspection, food would be filthy. We read "The Jungle," Upton Sinclair's depiction of the meatpacking business, and assume that the FDA and the Food Safety and Inspection Service are all that stand between us and E. coli. Meatpacking conditions were disgusting. Government intervened. Now, we're safe! A happy ending to a story of callous greed.
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2012/12/05/food_bunk
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