tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post2479546861352968361..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: North Carolina's Messianic RepublicanJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-27755514175808584882011-02-10T21:23:43.127-05:002011-02-10T21:23:43.127-05:00The food safety and modernization act is designed ...The food safety and modernization act is designed to punish family owned farms throughout the United States. Large, corporate farms have enough capital and cheap labor in the form of undocumented immigrants to push through USDA regulations. Small family owned farms do not. Take the heirloom apple orchard in Ashe county that I bought several seedlings from last year. This family owned farm sells apples, produce and products they raise on their farm. Under the Food Safety and Modernization Act, they too will come under control of onerous USDA regulations which would make it very hard for them to survive. Senator Burr should be blamed for supporting the Food Safety Modernization Act, but most Democrats voted for this bill as well. It passed with large bi-partisan support. This is where the Tea Party will benefit us all. Being opposed to government regulation of any kind, the Tea Party will tear the Republicans apart wtih issues such as this. This show is going to be so interesting to watch. I am fascinated at Tea Party members attacking Republicans the same as they do anyone else. In other words, they are issue oriented, not vote oriented. Think of how great Congress would be without Richard Burr and Virginia Foxx who turned on their own voting base in 2006 over the Blowing Rock land trade. The Tea Party has no problem calling them out on these issues. Tea Party gets my vote in 2012.Blowing Rock in Bluenoreply@blogger.com