Several former prominent U.S. government officials now work with Monsanto, including former secretary of commerce Mickey Kantor and Marcia Hale, a former special assistant to U.S. President Bill Clinton. The combination of dominant market share and the political lobbying muscle of the U.S. government and Monsanto will make it virtually impossible for Second and Third World countries to resist the eventual monopolization of their food supply by U.S.-based agribusinesses. The U.S. is already the global leader in seed supply, and a mere 10 corporations now control half of the world seed market, with further consolidation predicted. A number of crop geneticists who have studied the terminator gene patent believe that it is likely that pollen from crops carrying the terminator trait will infect the fields of farmers who either reject or can't afford the technology. The terminator gene also threatens the natural biodiversity of non-farmed areas neighboring farms that grow terminator crops.
Food is power.
And when farmers around the world are unable to grow their own crops without receiving biotechnologically mutated seeds from a U.S. government-sponsored corporation, they will live the very definition of being powerless. And the USDA will reap royalties on the exploitation of the world's starving millions. The President said he is reducing taxes. Congress says they are balancing the budget. We demand the whole truth with an honest viewpoint.