My Modest Proposal

Slaughtering America the Pig

Time and time again we are being told that the meat we eat is safe, healthy and natural.  Only to find out they are loaded with unnecessary preservatives, additives or maybe even salmonella. In addition to all the additives our animals are injected with growth hormones, steroids and lord knows what else.  A lot of these animals are feed corn, which has been genetically modified and not the natural diet for these animals.  Federal authorities estimate that 1 in 6 Americans will become sick from a food borne illness such as Salmonella, E.Coli, or Campylobacter.

The meat packing industry has many lobbying organizations which prevent many safety initiatives from taking place. These companies spend their money lobbying lawmakers and regulators to directly impact their business. Did you know that over 70% of American food is processed and the FDA states that they currently do not have the time, money, or resources to carry out health and safety studies for every proposed GM food products? This is scary because these are the federal agencies that are supposed to ensure the health and safety of Americans.  The EPA is supposed to evaluates genetically modified plants for environmental safety, the USDA evaluates whether the food crops is safe to grow, and the FDA evaluates whether our food is safe to eat. And time and time again these federal agencies have failed to protect the American consumers.

I propose we slaughter America as we do our livestock.  We will decide which agencies are healthy and destroy the ones that are weak. The first agency to be slaughtered will be the USDA. This agency is suppose to regulate the meat and poultry processes, but because of weak regulations and little control over meat companies they have continuously failed to safeguard our meat supply causing more than 3,000 death per year.   Next we can slaughter the FDA because they regulate food, prescriptions, vaccines, veterinary products, tobacco and a long list of other divisions.  The FDA was accused of failing to properly inspect a New England Compounding Center which caused 48 people to die from a Meningitis outbreak.  This is a perfect example why one agency should not be allowed to oversee so many entities.  Lastly we will slaughter the EPA because they allow companies to spray pesticides during the growth and processing of our food. The fact that any pesticides are allowed to be left on food we buy is appalling not to mention studies are still being conduct to determine some long term effects of such products.