Originally Posted by Aslan
@Tony...trust me...in California, finding examples of completely inflated, bloated, over-paid, over-powerful, and corrupt orgainizations/officials...not that difficult.
And I totally agree that the problems (main) are career politicians and how agencies tend to endlessly expand with little checks/balances. But in the case of the FDA...to say they don't serve a purpose and are too corrupt...puts complete trust in corporations and individuals to simply be honest. The FDA was created because people and companies proved time and time again that when left to their own devices/controls...they will do whatever is necessary to maximize profits and as crazy as it sounds to us nowadays...public safety and honesty about effectiveness....tend to be secondary factors when money is involved.
Ice isn't dumb....and he can fend for himself. But I think people need to be just as skeptical of a guy like Dr. Oz or these other snake oil peddlers that are using non-standard marketing techniques (weekend AM radio programs, infomercials, etc...) and "supplement loopholes" to make billions of dollars while never actually PROVING their products actually DO anything. And, much like religious evangelism...where preachers take in small donations from the poor and use them to build mansions and vacation getaways and luxury lifestyle...all on the backs of people that get fooled. Or the internet scammers...preying on people's good nature. At some point, many people just throw their hands in the air and say, "hey, if so and so is stupid enough to believe it...they deserve to lose their money. But at the same time, it raises the question...what role SHOULD government play? Instead of getting rid of things like the FDA...what changes can be made to get it back on track and less corrupt?
I've been on a lot of diets. And the last two I was on...both of them had actual books published by the creator of the diet with all kinds of explanations on how wesome their diet program is and how it works and how special it is....yet I didn't really lose a ton of weight and keep it off. And if those diets WERE all they were cracked up to be....I'm pretty sure given the money in the weight loss industry....nearly everyone would flock to them. So...a guy with a title "Dr." or that 'wrote a book' or 'has a show'... or God forbid their own website....that doesn't mean they're legit.
Like the self-made millionaires in real estate or the stock market that then get into infomercials trying to sell you their "program" on how you too can become rich like them. Why would they want to give away their secret to help YOU get rich? lf the sustem is so great....why don't they just keep using it to keep getting rich?? Kindness???
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