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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

I don't have knowledge of the things you cite; hurricane shutters and native 
plants...not regulated here, and auto insurance is dirt cheap here, so I'd 
have it anyway (when I lived in the city I was hit twice by people without 
insurance, and was out the money...not worth taking people with nothing to 
court, so I approve of requiring minimum insurance).

What ticks me off is seeing the government openly favoring one company over 
others  in the labeling laws. No one has to put on the label that they use 
rGBH in their milk, for example, and others are NOT ALLOWED to say they 
don't  use it.  No one is required to put on the label that they use GMOs in 
their products, so how can people choose to avoid them? I've been writing 
letters for truth in labeling for many many years, for all the good it's 
done.  Monsanto has had government in their pocket for many administrations, 
both Repubs and Dems. "Two heads of the same corporate monster", as Nader 
says.

Lynn Wigglesworth
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Talk about disrespect!



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From: Marie McHarry
<< I suspect that Americans will have to take to the streets to protest 
corporate control of our
lives before things improve. >>>

Agree.

<<<Even here I read posts railing against "government regulation" of the 
sale of milk, eggs, and farm produce. >>>

About time.

<< Yeah, the government enforces the regulations, but it's Big Bidness that 
wants to eliminate the competition. >>

Agree.

<<<Let's be clear who the enemy is.>>>

Yes, let's be clear on who the enemy is.........

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We already are under corporate control thru the use of government force 
against the people instigated by corporations.

Some examples, maybe not such good ones, but these are just the first couple 
that popped into my mind:

Big Auto Insurance....Goal? Expand the customer base. How much ya wanna make 
a bet that behind the scenes they lobbied congress to FORCE everyone who 
wants to drive to PURCHASE auto insurance? And even for those who can afford 
to pay for any damages assessed in an accident, making insurance an 
unneccessary expense, make the tort system results turn out in such a way as 
to force the fiscally responsible to have to buy insurance also.

Hurricane Shutters? Hmmm, the good ones are really expensive, more expensive 
than the windows they cover. How to expalnd the customer base? Convince the 
insurance companies to NOT insure windows that are not protected by 
hurricane shutters, and simultaneously convince government to pass a law 
that minimum quality standards must be met on all new construction, i.e. 
FORCE builders to only purchase the really expensive ones.... Kills two 
birds with one stone. For homeowners who don't read the fine print the 
insurance company doesn't have to pay for broken windows not covered by 
shutters that meet minimum standards, and expands the customer base of the 
expensive manufacturer via use of government force on minimum quality 
standards. (Think about that the next time you see people preparing for a 
hurricane using plywood.....)

How about native plant species nurserymen? Is there only one local nursery 
that grows them, but has next to no customers, since customers are often 
looking at esthetics instead of origin? No problem. Convince local 
government to pass a law to FORCE people to have a minimum number of native 
plants based on number of square feet of land owned, along with fines and 
mitigation for non-compliance. Wallah, guaranteed customer base. (Sound 
ridiculous? FYI, it isn't JUST big business that does this - this example is 
actually obtained from a real ordinance, something that I exposed publicly, 
clause subsequently removed.)

And you can go on and on, if you look past the government regulations to WHO 
stands to benefit financially that is behind the scenes of the regulations.

I'd bet that quite often behind the scenes it is all about gaining market 
share from competitors, or forcing market share when next to no customer 
base even exists. And in the front of the scenes you will have politicians 
and other groups paid off the books to propagandize the reasons why people 
should be sheeples and go along with the ideas to transfer more money to 
those behind the scenes.

Yes, big bigness is an enemy, but big smallness is also an enemy. IMO The 
real enemy are the sheeples. They take the bait without a word of protest, 
and quite often agree with the propaganda, without thinking about who gains 
behind the scenes.

The real dispute should be about how to effectively fight back. More 
regulations just adds to the problem. What needs to be done is to undo the 
regulations that are strangling us, and to fight back thru the simple use of 
the concept of "strike".

Note: feel free to swap the words minority with majority in the below. It 
matters not which word is used - it is the concept that is important.

If the majority think that Monsanto's genetic engineering of seeds is good 
and you don't. Go on strike. Don't buy seed from them. And don't buy any 
food produced by those who purchase seed from them. Let the masses hit the 
Monsanto's of the world in the pocket-book. If there are a minority who want 
genetically altered seeds that don't reproduce on 2nd planting, let them buy 
it.

If the majority want to purchase big dairy milk - so be it. But don't force 
the minority to purchase raw milk from a local producer.

If the majority of people want something, and plunk their own (not someone 
else's) money down - so be it. Just don't force it on the rest who don't 
want the same thing.

And more importantly, if the majority of people don't want something and 
refuse to purchase something, well, that supplier either goes out of 
businses, or remains small to service the minority who does want it.

IMO, the real enemy is the sheeple who don't realize think that more and 
more regulations are the source problem. More and more regulations enables 
the masses becoming corporate slaves (a/k/a FASCISM).



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