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Edited on Fri Jul-25-03 05:15 PM by Kimble
When you buy GM foods you are basically buying into a crop that greatly reduces the amount of needed farmers. In Europe, the farmers - a little like here - are supported by the Government. When the amount of farmers and acres of crops needed to feed a nation are reduced; the amount of subsides needed for price supports increase.
In Europe, these supports are built in a higher level than the US, hence when farmers are not needed they become part of a larger welfare state that the Gov does not want to support. If a business like Fiat wants to lay people off, the Gov doesn’t like it because the view of the Gov reads something like "That’s just placing their needs on the state when they cant find a job." That’s the overriding point of workers rights and the right to work. You know how this works, less jobs - less taxes - more need of assistance etc...
Anyway, GM foods in the END GAME are just like robots taking over factory jobs etc. They shift the needs of lower jobs to technology leaving higher profits for companies and less work for people.
If I don’t have an ethical beef with human genetics’ programs I cant really have one with a fruit and vegetable genetic programs. The pesticides that people are talking about "in" the food are natural ones that are in other harmless plants - not chemicals. Just because i cant digest, or for that mater chew some bark of a tree, doesn’t mean that I cant accept the bennies of its natural insecticides. The foods are safer than ciggaretts, beer, artificial sugar, lack of exercise, or most fast foods from what little i understand. The political beef is actualy the real rub. Its just a hell of an thing to debate really. The first line that has been drawn is at safty. Once that goes its going to be back to Dems vs Repub theory. And there is no reason to start there if you can win the battle on safty. One day, the safety reaons will be gone. Maybe in 10 years or 20 or a 100. Tech has/will continue to make people live longer with a higher quality of life.
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