Bush Signs FDA Drug Safety Bill

Bush Signs FDA Drug Safety Bill

President Bush signs a measure that gives the Food and Drug Administration more power and money to police dangerous side effects from prescription drugs after they reach the market. The signing averts the possibility of massive layoffs at the FDA by extending and increasing industry fees that help pay agency staff salaries. The money had been set to run out on September 30.

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The key point here is the sentence, “. The signing averts the possibility of massive layoffs at the FDA by extending and increasing industry fees that help pay agency staff salaries.”

The mere fact that we have one government agency the oversees Food and Drugs, when one has nothing to do with the other is mind-boggling.

I guess if you and your family eat in McDonald’s and KFC several times a week, then you and possibly a few family members may be on Diabetes Type II drugs and Lipitor for high cholesterol.

McDonald’s and KFC have serious side effects just like drugs. So I guess the FDA, Food and Drug Administration makes sense.

Here’s a little food for thought. The pharmaceutical companies and many food companies contribute as much as $500,000,000.00 annually to the operation of the FDA. Visit the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to see how our government agencies get funded.

Now, if I ran a public corporation the way the government runs the FDA, funded by the same corporations is what set up to oversee. I would be sent to jail.

So it is no surprise that we are deluged with Drug commercials and Fast Food commercials. Otherwise, how will these major corporations get the $500,000,000.00 annually required to fund the state sponsored FDA, Food and Drug Administration.

Just Mind-Boggling!

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