More can be found here too.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=12671
This bill is sitting in committee and I am not sure when it is going to hit the floor. One thing I do know is that very few of the Representatives have read it. As usual they will vote on this based on what someone else is saying. Urge your members to read the legislation and ask for opposition to this devastating legislation. Devastating for everyday folks but great for factory farming ops like Monsanto, ADM, Sodexo and Tyson to name a few.
I have no doubt that this legislation was heavily influenced by lobbyists from huge food producers. This legislation is so broad based that technically someone with a little backyard garden could get fined and have their property siezed. It will effect anyone who produces food even if they do not sell but only consume it. It will literally put all independent farmers and food producers out of business due to the huge amounts of money it will take to conform to factory farming methods. If people choose to farm without industry standards such as chemical pesticides and fertilizers they will be subject to a vareity of harassment from this completely new agency that has never before existed. That’s right, a whole new government agency is being created just to police food, for our own protection of course.
DO NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, READ THIS LEGISLATION FOR YOURSELF. The more people who read this legislation the more insight we are going to get and be able to share. Post your observations and insights below. Urge your members to read this legislation and to oppose the passage of this legislation.
Pay special attention to
* Section 3 which is the definitions portion of the bill-read in it’s entirety.
* section 103, 206 and 207- read in it’s entirety.
Red flags I found and I am sure there are more...........
* Legally binds state agriculture depts to enforcing federal guidelines effectively taking away the states power to do anything other than being food police for the federal dept.
* Effectively criminalizes organic farming but doesn’t actually use the word organic.
* Effects anyone growing food even if they are not selling it but consuming it.
* Effects anyone producing meat of any kind including wild game.
* Legislation is so broad based that every aspect of growing or producing food can be made illegal. There are no specifics which is bizarre considering how long the legislation is.
* Section 103 is almost entirely about the administrative aspect of the legislation. It will allow the appointing of officials from the factory farming corporations and lobbyists and classify them as experts and allow them to determine and interpret the legislation. Who do you think they are going to side with?
* Section 206 defines what will be considered a food production facility and what will be enforced up all food production facilities. The wording is so broad based that a backyard gardener could be fined and more.
* Section 207 requires that the state’s agriculture dept act as the food police and enforce the federal requirements. This takes away the states power and is in violation of the 10th amendment.
* There are many more but by the time I got this far in the legislation I was so alarmed that I wanted to bring someone’s attention to it. (to the one person who reads my blog)
Didn’t Stalin nationalize farming methods that enabled his administration to gain control over the food supply? Didn’t Stalin use the food to control the people?
Last word...... Legislate religion and enforce gag orders on ministers on what can and can’t be said in the pulpit, instituting regulations forcing people to rely soley on the government, control the money and the food. What is that called? It is on the tip of my tongue..........
I haven’t read any of the Senate’s version of the bill as I have been poring thru the House’s version. Here is the link and I hope some of you can take a look and post your observations and insights below. One thing I am pretty sure of is that very few if any Senator’s have actually read the legislation and when it comes up for a vote they will more than likely take someone else’s word on how they should vote. The other thing I am pretty sure about is that the legislation was probably written by lobbyists and industry experts.
So, what, we have to have our home-grown tomatoes inspected by the feds before we can eat them?
So this is how they are going to get America back to work - write bills that will necessitate the inflation of already bloated bureacracies with newly hired "agents" tasked with going to citizens' homes, clipboard in hand, to check their victory gardens and kitchens.
Then, they will grade the gardeners "Fail" and order them to purchase all kinds of "safety" appliances and cleansers in order to meet with government standards before they can grow any more zucchini. Said necessary appliances and cleansers will cost about half the homeowner's take home pay because the manufacturers of these necessary appliances and cleansers will have already had a union voted in (due to the card check act) which raises the cost to make the product about 90% more than what it normally would be.
Three months later, the agent with the clipboard arrives again at the home to do a follow-up to check that the necessary government approved appliances and cleansers have been purchased and are being used. Homeowner states he couldn't afford the necessary appliances and cleansers so decided to not grow food at home. Agent with clipboard writes up a ticket that states that even though homeowner is no longer growing food at home, he still needed to purchase necessary appliances and cleansers because he didn't have them in the first place (even though homeowner did not know he had to have them in the first place) and homeowner will now be assessed a huge fine for disobeying the government. Failure to pay fine will incur a lien and possible confiscation of homeowner's property.
Communism 101.
Didn't Stalin also have forced community service and a citizen police force? Of course, Oboma has put a pretty name on it, but what's the difference between Oboma and Stalin? Please, other than their names, name one thing that's different.
Now, imagine the politicians of the world following his lead.......
(Learn what weeds in your area are edible. It could save your life some day)
Didn’t Stalin nationalize farming methods that enabled his administration to gain control over the food supply? Didn’t Stalin use the food to control the people?
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Remember that speech when zer0 said” You can’t eat all the food you want.........” I found that odd and thought eventually he would try to control the food industry. Classic Stalin.
As usual they will vote on this based on what someone else is saying
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I think it is nothing short of criminal that they don’t read every single page of anything they vote on. I think each one of them should have to initial each page before they vote. This is insanity. INSANITY!
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