GMO Protesters throw money on Senate Floor over pro-GMO labelling bill
On the 6th of July, protesters opposing yet another pro-Monsanto, pro-GMO, anti-food labelling "Dark Act" bill in the Senate threw money on the Senate floor. This protest was called the "DarkActMoneyDrop, symbolizing the wholesale bribery of politicians legalized by Citizens United and used by corporations like Monsanto to control members of Congress. By comparison, nobody dared make a move for the publicly visible money thrown on the Senate floor while C-Span's cameras rolled.
The growing number of statewide requirements that GMO foods be labelled represents a severe threat to the purveyors of genetically-modified "frankenfoods," as the big grocery chains do not want to have to use different labels for products shipped to different states. Grocers are now pumping those products that by chance don't use GMO's as "GMO-free" on in-store audio ads, and both Monsanto and the grocery industry consider consumers likely to turn up their noses at anything bearing a "contains GMOs" labels. Thus, the producers of GMO foods fear a mandatory label in a single state could drive their products from store shelves in all 50 states. Those who prefer ther foods free of things like RoundUp and genes to produce pesticides are pressing their advantage at the state level, needing only to win in the most progressive states. Thus, Monsanto is paying members of Congress for bills like last years' "Dark Act" and this years return of a similar Dark Act to override state level labelling bills.
There has been a noticeable decline in the overall quality of groceries since GMOs first came on the market in the mid 1990's and it is continuing. Store brands have been among the worst offenders. Even sodas now sometimes taste like frackwater, and this sort of thing coming at the same time as a new label for new or existing GMO ingredients could be very detrimental to sales.
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