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Glenn Beck: We Don't Need Food Regulation, We Need Honorable Companies (Original Post) circlethesquare Nov 2013 OP
Technically, that statement is true, BUT benld74 Nov 2013 #1
just the title... handmade34 Nov 2013 #2
Yeah, good luck with that nt meadowlark5 Nov 2013 #3
Corporations are expected to maximize profit for their shareholders FiveGoodMen Nov 2013 #4
As pie-in-the-sky solutions go... JHB Nov 2013 #5
"Honorable companies" gave us trans fats; cigarettes; and lots of healthy carcinogens zebonaut Nov 2013 #6

benld74

(9,904 posts)
1. Technically, that statement is true, BUT
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 05:27 PM
Nov 2013

We need food regulation FOR dishonorable companies!


They are a safety precaution you doofus!

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
2. just the title...
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 05:29 PM
Nov 2013


"let the market sort it out"

f^#k you Glenn Beck… (my husband and many others have died from food poisoning)… what a simpleton he is

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
4. Corporations are expected to maximize profit for their shareholders
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:05 PM
Nov 2013

The only way to make them do that honorably is to regulate them.

But I'll bet Glenn doesn't agree.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
5. As pie-in-the-sky solutions go...
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:29 PM
Nov 2013

...even "in orbit" doesn't describe it. we may just need Captain Picard to find this pile of rhubarb.

 

zebonaut

(3,688 posts)
6. "Honorable companies" gave us trans fats; cigarettes; and lots of healthy carcinogens
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 09:40 PM
Nov 2013

All companies are "honorable' in right wing pretend bubble land

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