Let's see the Democrats and Republicans allow each other to speak at their conventions some time. Fat chance of that. To his credit, though, our Democratic congressman is now behind this Republican-created bill, and I am quite pleased about it. By now you may be wondering what the big deal is about herbal remedies and vitamins. Well, not quite.
Health food is a multi-billion dollar industry.
But even if it weren't so, that wouldn't matter. The point is the federal government has no business dictating what we consume by our own choice. When I first received a mailing from Slattery about this, he said the FDA had no plans to ban any health foods at all. This, indeed, was the FDA's very own rhetoric. That's what they are budgeted to do.