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Because like most things the govt stockpiles it would just go to waste. Why not just get rid of the regulations? It’s free, and saves everyone money and allevi
by _3u10 4y ago
Because like most things the govt stockpiles it would just go to waste.
Why not just get rid of the regulations? It’s free, and saves everyone money and alleviates shortages.
Personally, I love having moved to a country where no one relies on the govt for anything.
- patmcc 4y agoBecause some of us don't want to buy infant formula that's full of lead, bacteria, cellulose, or whatever other garbage would end up in it?
- bumby 4y agoWhy not just go back before the FDA existed, in other words? Because it's generally frowned up when people mix things like plaster of paris, "bluish, white compound of true milk, pus and dirty water" and sell it as milk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swill_milk_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swill_milk_scandal
- _3u10 4y agoThis stuff happens even with the FDA. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rofecoxib https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rofecoxib https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma
- bumby 4y agoI don't think anyone is making the claim that regulation is foolproof. But the idea that no regulation is inherently better seems specious.
- 8note 4y agoRisk isnt free, it's mitigated by insurance costs, and when the negatives happen, from the government stepping in as the last resort. You don't save money by sending infants to the emergency room because they are bad formula
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- ClumsyPilot 4y ago"Personally, I love having moved to a country where no one relies on the govt for anything." So it can be like supply of cocaine, laced with horse manure and rat poison?
- _3u10 4y agoI can assure you the cocaine here has far fewer impurities here than your FDA regulated / CIA sponsored coke in America.