Date:   12/31/2004 3:55:21 PM ( 20 years ago ago)
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Government regulatory agencies were
created to protect individual Americans from wealthy and powerful
corporations; agencies like the
FDA (Food & Drug Administration),
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), FCC (Federal Communications
Commission), and others.

Unfortunately, those agencies have
been completely co-opted by the
very corporations they were supposed
to protect us from. Most of the
important people at the regulatory
agencies actually work for the
individual corporations that they're
supposed to be regulating. I mean
that literally! And I'm not some
kind of Conspiracy freak! Anyone
who works in Washington, D.C., will
confirm that the following scenario
is true to life.

A young man -- we'll call him John -- puts in 10 good years with a big
corporation like Dupont, Allied-Signal, Halliburton, Alcoa,
Merck, or any one of thousands of
powerful corporations. John's bosses
are pleased with his work. They call
him in and tell him that they want
him to go to work the next 6 years
for the regulatory agency in Washington, D.C., that oversees their industry.

His bosses tell John that when his
stint in government is over, he'll be welcomed back to the corporation
with open arms. And not only will they make up
the loss in salary he
suffered as an FDA employee, but there will be handsome bonuses,
stock options, and a lavish pension
plan.

That sounds good to John. So he goes
to work for FDA, EPA, or FCC for
six or seven years. His kids are
growing up, and John knows when they
are ready for college, he'll be back
at his REAL job with Pfizer, General
Electric, or whoever.

During his stint in Washington, do you REALLY think John is going to make any decisions which adversely
affect his much-loved corporation?
Of course not! If John is foolish
enough to cause his corporation any
grief, his retirement plan is gone.
They'll never rehire him. He knows
that. All the Johns and Joans in
all the regulatory agencies KNOW
that. So they take care of #1.

Of course, in absolutely horrendous
cases, like Vioxx, there may be a
slap on the wrist for a Dupont or
Alcoa. But that's just standard
public relations: PR to soothe the
angry citizens who naively think
that regulatory agencies are on their side, and not industry's.

That IS the way government works,
my friends! I wish it were otherwise, but it's not. So you can
expect the FDA, for instance, to do
everything in its power to prevent
us in the very near future, from
being able to buy the vitamins and
supplements that keep us healthy.
Why? Because the FDA flaks are actually working for the big pharamaceutical companies, who make
NO money when you're healthy!

It's going to take another American
revolution to change the total dominance of our government by
greedy corporations. God willing we'll all live long enough to see --
and participate -- in that revolution.

Blessings,

Owen

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Government regulatory agencies were
created to protect individual Americans from wealthy and powerful
corporations; agencies like the
FDA (Food & Drug Administration),
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), FCC (Federal Communications
Commission), and others.

Unfortunately, those agencies have
been completely co-opted by the
very corporations they were supposed
to protect us from. Most of the
important people at the regulatory
agencies actually work for the
individual corporations that they're
supposed to be regulating. I mean
that literally! And I'm not some
kind of Conspiracy freak! Anyone
who works in Washington, D.C., will
confirm that the following scenario
is true to life.

A young man -- we'll call him John -- puts in 10 good years with a big
corporation like Dupont, Allied-Signal, Halliburton, Alcoa,
Merck, or any one of thousands of
powerful corporations. John's bosses
are pleased with his work. They call
him in and tell him that they want
him to go to work the next 6 years
for the regulatory agency in Washington, D.C., that oversees their industry.

His bosses tell John that when his
stint in government is over, he'll be welcomed back to the corporation
with open arms. And not only will they make up
the loss in salary he
suffered as an FDA employee, but there will be handsome bonuses,
stock options, and a lavish pension
plan.

That sounds good to John. So he goes
to work for FDA, EPA, or FCC for
six or seven years. His kids are
growing up, and John knows when they
are ready for college, he'll be back
at his REAL job with Pfizer, General
Electric, or whoever.

During his stint in Washington, do you REALLY think John is going to make any decisions which adversely
affect his much-loved corporation?
Of course not! If John is foolish
enough to cause his corporation any
grief, his retirement plan is gone.
They'll never rehire him. He knows
that. All the Johns and Joans in
all the regulatory agencies KNOW
that. So they take care of #1.

Of course, in absolutely horrendous
cases, like Vioxx, there may be a
slap on the wrist for a Dupont or
Alcoa. But that's just standard
public relations: PR to soothe the
angry citizens who naively think
that regulatory agencies are on their side, and not industry's.

That IS the way government works,
my friends! I wish it were otherwise, but it's not. So you can
expect the FDA, for instance, to do
everything in its power to prevent
us in the very near future, from
being able to buy the vitamins and
supplements that keep us healthy.
Why? Because the FDA flaks are actually working for the big pharamaceutical companies, who make
NO money when you're healthy!

It's going to take another American
revolution to change the total dominance of our government by
greedy corporations. God willing we'll all live long enough to see --
and participate -- in that revolution.

Blessings,

Owen


 

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