Rand Paul amendment fails
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 11:08 pm
Looks like Rand Paul's proposed amendment failed so there's no curb to the power of the FDA food police.
http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/24/rand- ... the-fdas-i
"I think we have too many armed federal agencies, and that we need to put an end to this," Paul said, adding that criminal law is increasingly being used as a tool by the "government bureaucracy to punish and control honest businessmen for simply attempting to make a living."
"Historically the criminal law was intended to punish only the most horrible offenses that everyone agreed were inherently wrong or evil, offenses like rape, murder, theft, arson - but now we've basically federalized thousands of activities and called them crimes," he continued. "If bureaucrats need to involve the police, let's have them use the FBI, but I see no reason to have the FDA carrying weapons."
http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/24/rand- ... the-fdas-i
"I think we have too many armed federal agencies, and that we need to put an end to this," Paul said, adding that criminal law is increasingly being used as a tool by the "government bureaucracy to punish and control honest businessmen for simply attempting to make a living."
"Historically the criminal law was intended to punish only the most horrible offenses that everyone agreed were inherently wrong or evil, offenses like rape, murder, theft, arson - but now we've basically federalized thousands of activities and called them crimes," he continued. "If bureaucrats need to involve the police, let's have them use the FBI, but I see no reason to have the FDA carrying weapons."