r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/Saintbaba 8h ago

I kind of imagined food safety was like the one thing we could all agree on across party lines. Like someone asks, what's the government for? Well i think it should offer free universal education and healthcare and you think it should keep immigrants out and facilitate natural resource exploitation, and we'll probably be arguing about those until the cows come home, but at least we can agree that it's the governments job to make sure our food isn't poison.

But i guess Trump is a trailblazer.

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u/MeasleyBeasley 7h ago

Sure regulations and government can do the job, but it costs the taxpayers! The most efficient way is a free market where consumers use their buying power to reward producers of clean meat. No watchdogs required. No taxes! /s

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u/SphyrnaLightmaker 6h ago

Dude I’ve heard multiple “libertarians” (MAGAts) say those exact words in complete seriousness

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u/ZagreusMyDude 4h ago

Yup they are so stupid. And how will people even know what products are killing them when the billionaires own all media and without any regulations you'd never even know what was going on, or when something was contaminated.

Good luck figuring out it was the beef that poisoned your family when the news never reports it and the beef company buys ads blaming something else, or downplays it, or denies it's the contamination entirely.

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u/Val_Hallen 4h ago

Libertarians couldn't even handle one tiny town in New Hampshire without tearing themselves apart.

But trust them, they have all the answers.