Cat Food & Capitalism

by max blunt
So we have recently been reading about all that contaminated cat food (also dog food and feed for some other animals) that had to be recalled because it was full of Chinese wheat gluten.

The New York Times reports (5/3/07) that thousands of animals have become sick or died (according to the FDA 4,000 dogs and cats have died already). How did it happen?

We all know that capitalists guiding interest is to make the biggest possible profit. They hate regulations (bad for business) and when they are regulated will try to get around the regulations anyway they can.

The Bush administration, very capitalist friendly, has really helped the American capitalists by pushing deregulation, supporting “voluntary compliance” (i.e., no compliance), and failing to use the federal regulatory agencies to really regulate.

Thus OSHA doesn’t inspect, the Labor Department doesn’t properly function, we don’t how much mad cow disease is in the country because of a weak Agriculture Department, unsafe drugs are on the market because of the FDA, etc.

Bush is the best president for business, the worst for people.....LINK