Barack Obama Can Win Reelection By Tackling Factory Farming
Written by Vegetarian Star on May 4th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Food & Drink, Politicians.
Journalist and author of Animal Factory, David Kirby, thinks Barack Obama should fight factory farming more aggressively and suggests taking this stance could even help him win votes in the next presidential election.
Obama was helped tremendously in the 2008 election by winning over Iowa, says Kirby in an article from the Huffington Post.
Kirby says Iowa sided with Obama due to his stance on changing policies in factory farming, which many conservative Americans see as an attack on hard working small farmers and personal property.
If Obama is to retain this support, changes in factory farm policies are needed, and Kirby provides a few ways in which the United States president can help both animals and constituents.
One way to do this is by limiting subsidies to corporate farms, which receive as much as 5 billion annually.
“If right-wing opposition to corporate bailouts runs so deep, then Obama should get some mileage from his promise to end the multibillion-dollar corporate farm subsidy boondoggle,” writes Kirby.
Kirby also thinks Obama should also tackle the monopoly big corporations have over the food industry and redirect programs to help small family farmers, something also valued by conservatives.
Read more at the Huffington Post.
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