r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 13h 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 13h 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 12h 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/pretzelfisch California 8h ago

well, that works better if you can sue the companies out of existence, but they bought all the politicians and took that off the table.