10-21-2019, 02:39 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2...-missouri/
Among all of the departments our federal government has seen bastardized and corn holed these last few years, Agriculture has gotta be weirdly the worst. Even DeVos hasn't managed to cancel education in this land. Even Carson hasn't managed to throw every poor person out on the street yet.
I can't figure it out; it's senseless, insanely shortsighted and I suppose, just meanness for meanness' sake.
This is the result of an electorate and their chosen officials all huddled together, where the only response to anything approaching an intangible is "bad." We're a tl;dr nation.
Among all of the departments our federal government has seen bastardized and corn holed these last few years, Agriculture has gotta be weirdly the worst. Even DeVos hasn't managed to cancel education in this land. Even Carson hasn't managed to throw every poor person out on the street yet.
I can't figure it out; it's senseless, insanely shortsighted and I suppose, just meanness for meanness' sake.
All the people who study genetically modified organisms left. The team that studies patent law and innovation is gone. Experts on trade and international development, farm finance and taxes all left. Many people transferred to other agencies in USDA, where they’ll help implement programs, but will no longer have a mandate to produce the essential research that’s needed for sound policymaking. Because the publishing staff all left, dozens of reports on subjects from veterans’ diets to organic foods are delayed. Projects that have been years in the making, studying issues from honeybees to potentially harmful herbicides, will never see the light of day.
This is the result of an electorate and their chosen officials all huddled together, where the only response to anything approaching an intangible is "bad." We're a tl;dr nation.
