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KY_EnviroGuy

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66. That would indeed be the worse case scenario but....
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:19 AM
Apr 2018

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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Thank you, Malaise. This article says it all, a must read! wendyb-NC Apr 2018 #1
Sharpton had a good interview with Joe Biden a few minutes ago malaise Apr 2018 #4
Off to Greatest with you! Nt raccoon Apr 2018 #2
K&R... druidity33 Apr 2018 #3
It's always about money and greed. Duppers Apr 2018 #5
+1. Rich people must have everything, and poor people must die. dalton99a Apr 2018 #9
Ever since Reagan made it fashionable to spit on the poor. radliberal Apr 2018 #6
republican jezus loves the rich Achilleaze Apr 2018 #7
Make them work for food dalton99a Apr 2018 #8
Well given that the vast majority are his so called base malaise Apr 2018 #10
I remember the war on poverty mountain grammy Apr 2018 #11
Yup. The War on Poverty was an American anomaly. SunSeeker Apr 2018 #15
Social Security and Medicare cut the poverty rate in half. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #19
Yes indeed. nt SunSeeker Apr 2018 #21
The "war on poverty" continued a bit longer than that. PETRUS Apr 2018 #36
Very good article.. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #37
Thanks. PETRUS Apr 2018 #39
Thanks for that link malaise Apr 2018 #41
Sure thing! PETRUS Apr 2018 #46
yes, a must read! G_j Apr 2018 #12
I am so tired of the cruelty of today's republican party. I truly believe they are trying to smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #13
Yep. My oldest son for years has been saying KPN Apr 2018 #22
K&R. Thanks for posting. KPN Apr 2018 #23
Me too, smirkymonkey... Upthevibe Apr 2018 #26
Agreed that they're trying to cull the herd. area51 Apr 2018 #43
Why is this not murder? dchill Apr 2018 #61
What really slays me is how many of the poor/working poor ARE Republicon. Amimnoch Apr 2018 #14
I know! Upthevibe Apr 2018 #27
This is result of a well financed propaganda campaign being broadcast 24/7. olegramps Apr 2018 #29
Recommended. H2O Man Apr 2018 #16
The line taken stright from "The Newsroom" DFW Apr 2018 #17
Booyah! "The first step in solving any problem KPN Apr 2018 #24
IMHO this is one of the best Upthevibe Apr 2018 #30
Great line malaise Apr 2018 #42
K&R... spanone Apr 2018 #18
Thank you Malaise! zentrum Apr 2018 #20
K&R! KPN Apr 2018 #25
We need to focus on the opiate problem in America CountAllVotes Apr 2018 #28
yep; the "opiate epidemic" is just part of the drug war scam to terrorize/incarcerate the masses; TheFrenchRazor Apr 2018 #53
Meanwhile... Anon-C Apr 2018 #31
Malaise, Thank you for posting this... Upthevibe Apr 2018 #32
Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Apr 2018 #33
Imagine a school that decides there are only so many A's that can be earned. Beartracks Apr 2018 #34
This is an apt metaphor for the conservative philosophy FakeNoose Apr 2018 #45
You should add disabled persons StarzGuy Apr 2018 #35
+1 CountAllVotes Apr 2018 #60
K and R oasis Apr 2018 #38
thank you Malaise onethatcares Apr 2018 #40
This is a great article. PatrickforO Apr 2018 #44
You're right - I break it down to society or market malaise Apr 2018 #48
"making stuff to make us ill?" They are, Malaise. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #64
We know about those killer foods but what happens when the same malaise Apr 2018 #65
That would indeed be the worse case scenario but.... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #66
+1,000 malaise Apr 2018 #67
Sorry, Malaise - just felt the need to rant a little. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #68
K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 Apr 2018 #47
So damn true. On another note, this shift seems to be global. Recently watched I, Daniel Blake suffragette Apr 2018 #49
The Republicans Are Largely Responsible for Shifting the War on Poverty into a War on Poor People dlk Apr 2018 #50
Kicking for us way-out folks. raven mad Apr 2018 #51
Most of us can't believe what we're seeing malaise Apr 2018 #55
We have a lot of interaction with folks from British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. raven mad Apr 2018 #56
the rich deserve to be rich, the poor deserve to be poor; been going on since the 80s, TheFrenchRazor Apr 2018 #52
K&R Solly Mack Apr 2018 #54
the war on poverty ended with Reagan barbtries Apr 2018 #57
In 2015, 13.5% (43.1 million) of Americans lived in poverty Progressive dog Apr 2018 #58
Class Warfare!! bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #59
Always want to include Newt Gingrich on the list.. Permanut Apr 2018 #62
I'm not a fan of religion, but if all religious people viewed the world as Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2018 #63
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