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Thu Mar 20, 2014, 06:04 AM Mar 2014

Exhibit A for Why Government Should Not Be Run Like a Business

http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/business-and-politics-shouldnt-mix-and-when-they-do-public

Business and politics don’t mix.

And when they do, the public pays the price.

Consider the case of Michael Taylor. A former lawyer for Monsanto, Taylor worked as the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Policy during the first Bush administration, where he helped write the rules that to this day allow companies like Monsanto to sell their GMO products without any real regulations.

Not surprisingly, Monsanto rewarded Taylor with a nice job as the company’s Vice President for Public Policy once he left office.

In 2009, Taylor returned to the FDA, where he now serves as its Deputy Commissioner for Foods.

How’s that for a revolving door?
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