Democrats and Republicans are both in bed with Monsanto
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Monday, September 14, 2015
In the 1990s, during the administration of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, agribusiness giant and GMO king Monsanto had good friends in the White House.
As noted in the September 2015 issue of Harper’s Magazine, the love shown to Monsanto by the Clinton Administration was consistent with the White House’s corporate-friendly approach to issues concerning the environment.
For example, the magazine noted, when the French government hesitated in permitting genetically modified corn into the country over concerns of consumer safety and threats to non-GMO crops, President Clinton, along with his Secretary of State, National Security Advisor and assorted U.S. senators, all took up Monsanto’s cause. Eventually, the French government agreed when Gore himself telephoned the French prime minister in a bid to lobby on Monsanto’s behalf.
Also, the magazine noted:
Washington’s revolving door whirled many Clinton Administration officials onto the Monsanto payroll, while the president’s committee of science and technology advisers included Virginia Weldon, the corporation’s senior vice president for public policy.
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