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Hightower Video: Free Market Hypocrites |
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Contributed by Jim Hightower
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 Huh? Independent Commentator Jim Hightower's Free market hypocrites video (2min 2sec) about Monsanto's selling of 'sexed-up milk' with BGH. "Here's today's provocative question: Why do so many giant corporations *hate* the marketplace? Yes, hate!
"Oh, sure, CEOs loudly proclaim themselves to be free market worshipers piously preaching against the mortal sin of government interference in the awesome workings of the holy market. "But after church, these corporate executives slink into the back alleys of the devilish government to procure subsidies, regulations and other favors to satisfy their profit lust.
"Take the case of Monsanto, Inc. which makes a product known as BGH (Bovine Growth Hormone) that forces cows to produce more milk. Aside from the damage that it does to cows, BGH is essentially an artificial sex hormone. So it can pass through the cows milk to people who drink it. Guess what? Consumers, especially mothers, do not want their families drinking sex hormones. So there's been such a consumer outcry against BGH milk that numerous supermarkets and dairies now offer milk labeled as free of artificial growth hormone so consumers can have a clear choice..."
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