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In reply to the discussion: Before you jump on Obama over the Monsanto amendment, take a minute and read this [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Even those who voted for it, have admitted how bad it is.
Deregulation of the laws protecting consumers, written by one of the most evil Corporations in the world, is simply shameful. But then, that is what our country has become, a Corporate state where Corporations now write legislation and our elected officials, as they have now admitted, do not even read the bills they vote on.
It's really amazing to me to see any defense of this on a Democratic Forum. Many of the Dems who voted for it are now stating they did not read it, did not know it was attached to the bill.
It is a disgrace that Congress thinks so little of the job we gave them to do that they would either allow Monsanto to write such legislation and place it in a bill, or they don't bother to read the bills they vote on.
Monsanto, our new un-elected legislators. I'm sure they wrote a rider that would benefit US! Just that thought makes me laugh.