Why You Have to Take Charge

Because as Marion Nestle explains, government is now owned by big corporations and will never take the steps to protect us. Read it here: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2011/02/why-the-white-house-is-soft-on-walmart-afterthoughts/

Here's the nut of what she had to say:

We live in an era when corporations run government. You don’t believe this? Take a look at the appalling events in Wisconsin. Consider the implications of last year’s Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, allowing corporations virtually unlimited funding of congressional election campaigns.

Election campaign funding is the root source of corruption in American government. If corporations were not allowed to fund election campaigns, we might be able to elect legislators who are more interested in public health than corporate health.