“Scarequestration” has come to North Carolina. It’s amazing how the reduction in the rate of
growth of the federal government can cause such a stink. More importantly, how much the federal government
is involved in our everyday lives. The
Obama administration has been on an unprecedented scare spree. The Clinton years pale in comparison to this. Here is an example of what is
happening:
Every slaughterhouse in the state
must have a meat inspector on hand before it can process chickens, hogs or
other animals. Certain meatpacking processes also need to be inspected in order
to carry on operations.
Some of those inspectors work
directly for the federal government. Others work jointly for the federal
government and the state
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The state and federal
governments share half the cost for those joint inspectors.
Furloughed federal inspectors and
less money to pay for joint inspectors could mean that everything from liver
mush for in-state consumption to hamburger patties packaged for overseas sales
could be slowed down.
"That's going to back up the
farm," Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said Tuesday morning after
sharing the looming problem with other members of the Council of State. Animals
stuck on the farm mean higher prices for farmers and potentially higher prices
for consumers.
Roughly two-thirds of the revenue in
North Carolina's farm sector goes to meat producers, Troxler said. So, this
rather big wrinkle in "protein production" could severely affect the
industry.
It could be two or three months
before the slowdown fully hits, he said, because federal inspectors must
receive at least 30 days' notice before they are furloughed.
Here we have another government
agency running roughshod over us plebeians.
What’s particularly insulting is that this progressive era law was based
on a lie. The Food and Drug Act of 1906
was passed because of public hysteria perpetuated by muckraking journalist, especially
by Upton Sinclair. This man was a
self-loving misanthrope. His book The
Jungle was a complete fiction passed off as fact. No one could prove the accusations by this
dirtbag socialist. But that didn’t stop the progressives from
taking control over the food supply. And if you thought Nanny Bloomberg was wacky,
let’s take a look at Harvey Washington Wiley.
Wiley is known as the “father of the
Pure Food and Drug Act.” This man was as
crazy and corrupt and the day is long on the summer solstice. It paid to be friends with this nutter. Henry John Heinz can attest to that. Here is an excerpt from Judge Napolitano’s
book, Theodore and Woodrow:
Several food industries supported
Wiley, and he attempted to ban their competitors by using his theories about
adulterated foods. For example, he
attempted to pass legislation against foods such as margarine and glucose in
order to please the dairy and sugar industries’ lobbyists.
Wiley promoted a federal ban on food
additives only after his friend Henry John Heinz was able to find a way to make
ketchup without additives. Wiley’s
connections to big business were the driving force behind his alleged health
regulations. He put off his own agenda
until his friend would be exempt and left Heinz with a virtual monopoly.
I highly recommend this book. Judge Napolitano’s details how the
progressives manipulated and outright lied to the public in order to pass their
agenda. Now, we’re seeing the fruits of
these nanny staters. These progressives
will starve us, just to prove a point.
