It's okay for the feds to force lower standards says court

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:56 am

It's okay for the feds to force lower standards says court.

So yeah, little company can't perform tests to sell its meat in more restrictive markets. Feds say that's a no-no.

-Crissa

Absentminded_Wizard · Post by **Absentminded_Wizard** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:46 am

Wow. The Republicans are now in the business of keeping the free market from solving problems.

Draco_Argentum · Post by **Draco_Argentum** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:46 am

Haven't they always been the big business party, not the free market party?

RiotGearEpsilon · Post by **RiotGearEpsilon** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:43 pm

They don't usually flaunt it so shamelessly.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:14 pm

It it "the Republicans" or a federal court?

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:27 pm

CatharzGodfoot wrote:It it "the Republicans" or a federal court?

It's a federal court upholding a federal agency's decision. So, both.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:43 am

And that, in a nutshell is why AMERICA FAILS!

And they think companies are just leaving the United States because of high salaries ... and high corporate taxes ... and so on and so forth.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:44 am

I fail to see how a farm is going to 'move' out of the US.

...Or how that encourages me to support crazy-assed Republican candidates. This is, after all, a Republican Administration getting support from a Republic stocked court.

-Crissa

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:47 am

It's as though your leaders aren't just content to screw things up and fail on their own, they want to encourage everyone else to fail, and leave you with no reason to be proud of your country.

But forcing the standards down, seriously...

Absentminded_Wizard · Post by **Absentminded_Wizard** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:00 am

Draco_Argentum wrote:Haven't they always been the big business party, not the free market party?

Yeah, but it usually takes the form of bailing large companies out from the consequences of the free market (e.g. Chrysler in the 80s, their willingness to bail out banks in the aftermath of the sub-prime crisis but reluctance to bail out any individual homeowners). This is the first time I've seen them actually try to use the heavy hand of government to prevent free market decisions that might hurt large companies before they happen.

Nihlin · Post by **Nihlin** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:31 pm

Crissa wrote:I fail to see how a farm is going to 'move' out of the US.

The farm itself won't, but the multinational that operates the farm will shift resources away from it. Then the farm shuts down. This is pretty much the archetypal story where I grew up.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:21 pm

If it were a multinational, do you think the administration would be fighting its wishes?

-Crissa

Nihlin · Post by **Nihlin** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:19 am

I'm narrowly addressing the notion of what it means for a farm to "move."