The Federal Government’s Catfish Scam
The federal government has spent $20 million over the last five years on dueling catfish inspection You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
The federal government has spent $20 million over the last five years on dueling catfish inspection You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Blame Obama & the democrats. Let’s see, for not overseeing the RINOs.
Off the subject just a little, but have you ever been to the Catfish Feastival in Ware Shoals? It’s a real treat.
“Friends don’t let friends eat imported
shrimpcatfish.”If you don’t like it go “grapple” your own damn catfish and stop whining. If nobody buys farm-raised catfish, Tilapia and the others then there is no opportunity for the screwing – get it? Every free market idea is in itself the creation of an opportunity for lazy people to get taken advantage of buy the ones that they elect.
Another way to look at it is we prioritize our time. Sure, I can catch a catfish and run a trotline but if I can apply my skill and make $50 per hour then I am willing to overpay for some catfish that might take me several hours to gather.
In the event that you feel that I have missed your point I suggest that you forget about the catfish and focus on what the insurance industry has been able to pull on the citizens of South Carolina with the propped up jobs of so many of our legislators and the harmful rate robberies that have occurred through those operators. You could run this site non-stop for the next thirty years and never cover it all.
There.
This is “rent seeking” and this is the type of “regulation” I talk about reducing when I make the comments about reducing government regulation. I don’t want dirty water, poison air or unsafe products that kill people but there are boat loads of these kinds of regulations in every bureaucracy in the Federal and State governments that affect every facet of the “free” market. Get rid of this garbage. I downloaded a book from the Cato web site, no charge and it explains a lot of this kind of stuff.
Government Failure by Tullock, Seldon and Brady, a free download from Cato Institute
Office of Catfish Inspection Programs (OCIP) charter
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/informational/aboutfsis/structure-and-organization/!ut/p/a0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOINAg3MDC2dDbz8LQ3dDDz9wgL9vZ2dDdz9TfQLsh0VAfb5Y5I!/?1dmy¤t=true&urile=wcm%3Apath%3A%2Ffsis-content%2Ffsis-questionable-content%2Focip%2Fct_index9
“The Office of Catfish Inspection Programs (OCIP) develops policies to implement the new requirement for USDA inspection of farm-raised catfish.”
(Your child can aspire to be the Director of Catfish Inspections)
OCIP Contact Information:
Dr. Quita Bowman Blackwell
Director
Catfish Inspection Staff
Food Safety and Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
catfish@fsis.usda.gov
Catfish Inspection Slide Show
http://www.afdo.org/Resources/Documents/4-news-and-events/past-presentations/0906091550Schroeder.pdf
Catfish Inspections a Waste of Your Tax Dollars?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/beyond-the-headline-abc-news/catfish-inspections-waste-tax-dollars-141406723.html?vp=1
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So far, the USDA hasn’t inspected a single fish. Though they have used some of that money to order some really nice pens that proclaim “Office of Catfish Inspection Programs.”