Funny how the ones most in favor of deregulation are the ones who would profit most from it. Then they somehow manage to convince dumb voters that regulations are excessive and the reason they can't afford groceries.
"Small government" usually means a government that doesn't protect consumers.
Yep, they spend Millions on political operatives and lobbyists pretendijg they are just concerned citizen pundits to get boomer idiots to vote against their interests.
And somehow "small govt" doesn't give any of us a lower tax bill or lower bills in general.
The FDA was created for a reason. Producers of food will skirt food safety regulations in favor of profit. We KNOW this will happen again without oversight.
Get ready for a big spike in food-borne illnesses. Both from this new proclamation and from importing 6,600,000 lbs. of beef from who the fuck knows where.
Please join us in boycotting beef until this administration is out. I’m sticking to poultry and seafood for the foreseeable future. It’s healthier for me anyway and it’s possible I may never eat beef again.
I'm definitely dialing red meat back. If at all. Between the mystery shit and prices, because prices won't go down and it will be fucking meat/disease roulette for years.
Thank you for considering the source of more than just beef.
I assumed you were boycotting beef because this administration wants to undermine current USDA processing regulations, which could also affect poultry.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they did and poultry is next on the chopping block (no pun intended)
I used to be a vegetarian and I can go back if I need to. I already don’t eat pork and I don’t eat that much beef to start with so it wouldn’t be too hard.
What you’re not excited about spending more money to open your own abattoir and butcher your own animals? I’m about to get my revenge on a rooster that’s had it coming for over a year
I’ve seen some super gross USDA facilities and some pristine state facilities. I’ve also found chunks of metal in my USDA processed pork, but never in my state processed meats.
Inspections and certifications are only as good as the person conducting them. Better to know your farmer and be able to trace your food sources.
Well, yeah, no shit. That's not reality though and removing USDA certification with no plan isn't going to magically make 340 million Americans able to trace their food sources.
I agree that removing USDA inspection requirements with NO PLAN is absurd.
But the amount of people that put blind faith into the USDA inspection system is unreal. No one should assume that USDA inspection requirements automatically means safe.
There are plenty of people who can make moves to shorten their food chain, which would in turn increase transparency in our overall food system. Instead the reaction has been “I’m just not going to eat food.”
The amount of people who can't are vastly higher than the ones who can. Several people live in food deserts with literally no control of their supply chain. Most people have no control of their budget and can only buy what they can afford, that's literally the only option.
I’m very aware of food deserts and food affordability.
That being said, significantly more people in the US could vote with their time and dollar to increase food transparency, which would in turn make it easier for those of us who don’t have expendable income to do the same.
Yes, and many will out of necessity. Unless you think people are literally not going to eat and starve to death, that will be their only option if they even have it (which the majority will not). That's not the issue at hand.
The issue is that their time and dollar goes to taxes to provide infrastructure to ensure food safety and supply chain security via governmental action, which was flawed before as you mentioned, and is being destroyed now. This is because of moronic voting choices by the majority of farmers, who are now seeing the personal effects of their choices which have been effecting millions of Americans for years. The leopards are eating their faces; this sub is about experiencing the schadenfreude of those choices.
That being said (and I DO realize what sub I’m in) all of the people who are wishing ill will on these farmers will see leopards eating their own faces if that ill will does befall them.
We’re all stuck in this stupid shitty system together.
(I’m what one would consider a “blue dot” farmer. Many of my rural neighbors and many of the local businesses that I rely on to provide farm services are NOT “blue dot” farmers or ag service providers. In order for my farm business to succeed, I still need to work with these people. If they fail, there are no other options. This is likely the case with most rural businesses, especially those that are ag focused.)
Makes you wonder how long before we here "Due to all these ongoing safety issues with the food supply, the US government will temporarily be taking over all the production and distribution to make sure its safe for you"
This farmer and many black farmers were sounding alarm about Trump during his 1st term and was even louder during the election and how bad Trump was going to be!
I can tell you the farmer in the thumbnail did NOT vote for this lol, and there ARE farmers who voted in numbers for Harris, super easy to find them. Mostly by going to the whiny bitch farmers tiktoks and jumping in the comment section 🤷🏾♂️✊🏾🖖🏾
Farmers voted overwhelmingly for trump. I damn sure aren't going to trust them to ensure meat isn't roadkill or something Kennedy Jr would eat with brain worms.
Who takes responsibility for any type of outbreak that occurs if some bad meat makes it to the public? Can it even be traced back to a certain processing plant like it can now?
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u/onefornought 8h ago
Funny how the ones most in favor of deregulation are the ones who would profit most from it. Then they somehow manage to convince dumb voters that regulations are excessive and the reason they can't afford groceries.
"Small government" usually means a government that doesn't protect consumers.