Scared to eat

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D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h

Killing customers is bad for business. The company wants them to buy, not die.

The negative publicity hurts stock prices. The injuries and death mean lawsuits

and damages. Responsible employees know heads will roll. Their insurance

premiums will go through the roof. And sometimes the business in question even

closes its doors after a scandal. Thus, these companies have every incentive to

protect their customers.

 

What creative ways might they devise to protect their customers? Can the

governing of agriculture be handled at the state level instead of the federal

level?

 

But there's something even more sinister at work here. We've talked about it

before. The problem is something called Codex Alimentarius, a set of food codes

created by the World Trade Organization. The purpose of these codes is to

regulate all food and supplement offerings to make them consistent across the

globe. Allegedly, this is good for trade, and it is if you're a multi-national

corporation or a government. But for the mom and pop farm it's an expensive,

complicated nightmare that could regulate and tax these farms out of existence.

This would also diminish innovation and dive rsity in our food supply.

 

The multinational corporations and the internationalists want mom and pop dealt

with -- removed. Government regulation will be used to drive the family farm out

of existence. It's good for business.

 

See, WE ALSO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OUR MEAT SUPPLY.

 

We're supposed to be scared to eat -- and willing to accept any regulation that

will protect us. And it's in this environment that the National Animal

Identification System (NAIS) was introduced. And the hype of recent days about

our food supply is one more manipulation designed to pave the way for more

federal government regulation, control, and taxation -- the family farm, be

damned.

 

The National Animal Identification System (or NAIS) is a corporate welfare

program for agribusiness and surveillance technology companies. NAIS will drive

family farms out of business and raise the price of your food.

 

For one thing, NAIS will force family farmers to obtain electronic tracking tags

for each animal they own.

 

This is very bad deal for farmers. The cost of these tags will range from 3 to

20 dollars for each animal. There are many other fees associated with the

program and very heavy fines for incorrect reporting.

 

These costs will destroy the small profit margins of family farmers. But these

rules won’t apply to corporate-owned factory farms! Large corporate farms will

need just one group tag to account for scores of animals. Can the corporate

welfare be any more transparent than that?

 

NAIS is being implemented state by state, instead of by sweeping federal

regulation. Sure, the Department of Agriculture is working with each state to

make it happen. But as an Arizona state legislator told us, it's happening

nearly in secret. Most legislators don't know or understand what they're being

asked to pass.

 

Here's the pressure point for DC Downsizers: If the Department of Agricu lture

would stop pushing this animal tracking agenda, it would die.

 

Congress must stop the Department of Agriculture from pushing NAIS. And in order

to move Congress, we're going to need to push with a message on this issue.

Please, send Congress a message telling them to stop all federal initiatives to

implement NAIS or promote its passage in the states. You can do so here.

 

Don't buy into the fear. Enjoy your food. Appreciate the fact that in the United

States food is less expensive, more plentiful, and safer than virtually anywhere

else. It's a great country -- an excellent place to eat. Let's keep it that way.

 

Send a message to your representatives in Congress today.

And then, pass this message on to a friend.

 

Jim Babka

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