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Glenn Beck: We Don't Need Food Regulation, We Need Honorable Companies (Original Post)
circlethesquare
Nov 2013
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benld74
(9,904 posts)1. Technically, that statement is true, BUT
We need food regulation FOR dishonorable companies!
They are a safety precaution you doofus!
handmade34
(22,756 posts)2. just the title...
"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
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)3. Yeah, good luck with that nt
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)4. Corporations are expected to maximize profit for their shareholders
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...
...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
All companies are "honorable' in right wing pretend bubble land