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In reply to the discussion: America once fought a war against poverty now it wages a war on the poor -Must Read [View all]KY_EnviroGuy
(14,764 posts)I would hold that most major corporations are in the big profit-making bed together and could care less about public health or safety. We won't find drug makers calling out food or drink producers, for example. Even our doctor and hospital professional organizations have soft-pedaled many of those issues for decades. No better example than looking at how long it took for the revolt against tobacco to finally get the market to turn against its use.
What's disgusting now - after many hard-earned years of progress - is the Trump administration's degrading of the very institutions that have helped to protect public interest against dangerous and unhealthy consumer products, including foods. As you know, many GOPers actually believe the market can solve all of society's problems without any government intervention. We must remove these heathens from office, weaken America's love affair with the stock market, and get campaign funding back to individual small donations only.
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