Argument

Lacie seems to believe that as citizens of the United States, we pay the government in taxes to keep us safe. We pay those in power to give huge companies regulations to prevent them from becoming corrupt. Even with these safeguards in place however, the food industry has become corrupt. Sanitation has been tossed out the window for the extra buck. Nearly the entire system has been taken over by four companies who control everything. They control the farmers that produce the food, and thus they control what is produced, how it is produced, and who produces it. It is extremely disappointing to see that even after all the tax payer's dollars have gone to the government, these companies are getting away with what they are doing. These few people in power are simple business men, and are in it simply for the money. The animals that they have power over are treated cruelly, and hygiene is not respected in the least. Everything is done to make these CEOs the next quick buck. The animals are even being changed. Cows, which were originally grass grazers, have evolved to eat only corn. The entire system is set up to make the few people in power a lot of money. There is no other point to it. The taxpayer's dollar should have gone to fixing these loopholes in the system. The government has a responsibility to fix this.

As citizens of the United States of America, I do indeed believe that we pay taxes to the government in order to keep us safe. The government however, can only do so much to protect us from ourselves. Much of what is done in the food industry is necessary. The treatment of the animals keeps the cost down as more space is more money. Raising the animals at their normal rate takes more time, and as we all know time is money. Raising the animals to be their intended size would require more animals and provide less meat, which would as a result cost more. The taxpayer has brought this upon himself. The government can only do so much to control these companies, part of that responsibility lies with the people. By constantly buying the cheaper foods, the people have supported the companies that produce their food in the cheapest way possible. The government has done nothing wrong, the companies have only been supported, and thus all the responsibility lies on the citizen, the taxpayer. We don't have much variety in companies because we have supported and built up these companies that are in power. We have put them on the pedestals that they are standing on. They didn't go there by themselves, we encouraged them.

To compromise this issue, we all must make compromises. Perhaps yes the government ought to keep a tighter watch on sanitation and on animal cruelty policies. We as the buyers must keep a watch on what we are buying. We can not simply buy whatever is cheapest. Perhaps we ought to track the companies that we buy from.