Rand Paul Slams Mandatory GMO Labeling As Attack On The Poor
Presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul slammed mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMO) on the campaign trail in Iowa, telling reporters GMO labeling will hit the poorest hardest.
Paul was on the road trying to drum up support for what is widely being seen as a lackluster campaign when he was asked about a bill that would prevent states from enacting mandatory labeling of GMOs.
The bi-partisan Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act has been a source of controversy in the agricultural sector, but has also received a strong backlash from a slew of anti-GMO celebrities.
“The labeling requirements are enormously expensive and just add to the cost of foods. Somebody who is poor can’t buy as much food because of requiring labels to be stuck on things,” Paul told Agri-Pulse.
Read more: http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/rand-paul-slams-mandatory-gmo-labeling-as-attack-on-the-poor/#ixzz3lmF38hda
Presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul slammed mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMO) on the campaign trail in Iowa, telling reporters GMO labeling will hit the poorest hardest.
Paul was on the road trying to drum up support for what is widely being seen as a lackluster campaign when he was asked about a bill that would prevent states from enacting mandatory labeling of GMOs.
The bi-partisan Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act has been a source of controversy in the agricultural sector, but has also received a strong backlash from a slew of anti-GMO celebrities.
“The labeling requirements are enormously expensive and just add to the cost of foods. Somebody who is poor can’t buy as much food because of requiring labels to be stuck on things,” Paul told Agri-Pulse.
Read more: http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/rand-paul-slams-mandatory-gmo-labeling-as-attack-on-the-poor/#ixzz3lmF38hda
Truth in labeling is consistent with libertarian anti-fraud principles.
If I buy something sold to me as an "apple" I don't expect it will have fish genes or some other non-apple shit in it.
Selling a FrankenApple as a plain old apple is false advertising. Ditto for FrankenBeef and FrankenMilk.
Rand should be more worried about why it took so fucking long for farmers/ranchers to be "allowed" to inform consumers their products are non-gmo.
http://www.provisioneronline.com/articles/99276-usda-approves-label-for-non-gmo-meat-products
Rand is wrong on this one; I bet Kelly feeds their kids organic stuff from Whole Foods and the farmer's market.
However, I think we'd agree these issues should be settled at the state or regional level, not by FedGov and WTO-type international law.
Whole Foods? ...well maybe:
Actually, Rand takes the younger Paul's to his favorite doughnut shop to poison the kids when he has the spare time.
Source? == Check his 2012 convention speech, he is rather proud of the hard-working people who serve crap to his family.
I said I'd bet *KELLY* feeds their kids organic stuff from Whole Foods and the farmer's market.
The odd doughnut (GMO or not) with Dad on special occasions is harmless. Your "poison the kids" hyperbole is ridiculous. He's an MD, FFS.
