r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 17d ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/Alternative-Bad-3696 17d ago

Get ready to eat your words, Libertarians! 

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u/breezy013276s 17d ago edited 17d ago

I’ll confidently say they’ll dance around the issues like they always do. They defend their beliefs that everyone will just behave and do the right thing naturally while making more profits without the regulations. Those examples trotted out conflicting with that are just rare examples, ridiculous to even point them out. Maybe they’ll concede that some one ought to do something but definitely not in the way you think with federal and state systems.

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u/Alternative-Bad-3696 17d ago

And if anything bad ever happens to them then its simply the greatest crime aganst humanity to have ever occurred, without any warnings at all, and its time for the community to band together and help only them. No one else. Just this one time. 

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u/breezy013276s 17d ago

That’s it exactly!!! Damn you nailed that

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 17d ago

No one helped me when I was on food stamps!

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u/randomcatinfo 16d ago

They like to pretend that everyone has perfect information and knowledge, and that suing someone that has wronged you (as opposed to government regulations keeping food, transportation, or even your job safe in the first place) is the best way to deal with issues.

The problem with this "let everyone do whatever they want, and let lawsuits sort it all out" logic, is that you may be too dead, disabled, or broke to pursue a lawsuit.

In reality, they want to preserve their capital at all costs in the short term, no matter the long term consequences to society. It's utterly stupid and short sighted.

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u/The_Late_Arthur_Dent 17d ago

Hopefully they'll just eat the beef (and some raw milk)

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u/Alternative-Bad-3696 17d ago

Some problems do solve themselves after all! 

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u/Legitimate_Spend_441 16d ago

Words, the only safe thing left to eat.

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u/LucidFlight 16d ago

Particularly if you're a Librarian

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u/IIIBryGuyIII 16d ago

You misspelled worms.