Dwane Powell by Dwane Powell

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  1. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    yayadayaydday

  2. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    Company paid inspectors? Are they doing that now?

  3. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    Common practice in all industries. ‘crat stimulus will hire thousands of incompetents to fill inspector jobs as long as the are unionized and vote ‘crat.

  4. twieliczka

    twieliczkaGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    COMPANY PAID Food Inspectors … COMPANY PAID Rating Agencies … DEREGULATED Banks …

    Get the drift of how everything is “Regulated”?

  5. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    oldlego, not sure I’m getting what you’re saying. If It’s a FDA inspector, it should not be paid by the company, obvious conflict of interest. If it’s a FDA inspector, it should be paid by govt and rightfully so!

  6. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    Hump, FDA inspectors have been lap dogs no matter who has paid them. If they blow a whistle their bosses shut them up. First rule of civil service “Don’t make waves”. Second “I see NOTHING”. Third “Talk to me Steward”. BHO wants 100k more of them.

  7. JDG

    JDGGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    USDA inspectors are on the Government payroll. Companies are charged for their salaries and benefits by fees to USDA. I retired from a food plant and USDA was higher than God! They must inspect before the plant can open each day and if they don’t like conditions, they withhold permission. I remember one incident where a middle manager argued about cleaning a sump that had ingrediants that were pumped to production. The inspector told him that he was covering for another inspector an hours drive away and couldn’t wait more than thirty minutes. He returned and nothing was done and left to plant to go to the other job. The plant lost Five hours of production and we had to work weekends to catch up. The USDA Backed their inspector!

  8. fennec

    fennec said, 8 months ago

    The FDA was heavily subjected to the A-76 reorganization during the Bush administration. A-76 was a way to take civil service jobs and contract them out to private companies. The workers in the companies were NOT civil service. It was a disaster in more ways than one.

  9. HUMPHRIES

    HUMPHRIESGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    oldie, don’t pull me into this mess. So far, I’m just listening.

  10. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    That’s smart.

  11. pugnax

    pugnax said, 8 months ago

    Powell=the best political cartoonist in the business with the exception of Ted Rall. He is the only good reason why I keep up my subscription to Raleigh News and Observer.

  12. ransomdstone

    ransomdstoneGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    Let us pray this is the old FDA!

  13. teaguemj

    teaguemj said, 8 months ago

    JDG pro - Glad to hear that. I guess, though, that some are good, some bad, some awful, just like in any field.