Well, the elections are over and Trump is the victor. The question now is, what will become of America, and specifically for me, the agricultural community. The answer to that question lies in what is Trump planning to do with Robert Kennedy Jr. What we know of Trump, is his indication to make Kennedy his health czar so to speak.
RFK jr.’s Goals
What we know is that RFK is planning to go after some things that we in the homesteading community feel strongly about. The first notable mention is the elimination of fluoride in the our water supplies. Kennedy hasn’t made clear how he proposes to do this but a recently court case in California could give some ammunition in this fight. According to Google:
“On September 25, 2024, a federal court in California ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must strengthen regulations on fluoride in drinking water. The ruling was the result of a lawsuit brought by environmental nonprofit Food & Water Watch and other anti-fluoride groups. The court found that the current levels of fluoride in drinking water, which are recommended by US health agencies, pose an unreasonable risk to children's health, particularly to the developing brains of infants. The ruling does not definitively conclude that fluoridated water is harmful to public health. However, the EPA must examine the potential risks of fluoride and decide how to respond.”
We can only pray that he seeks to remove it from things like toothpaste as well. Which carries me to my next point of interest, the Food and Drug Administration.
RFK vs FDA
One of RFK’s main complaints, and one I feel most of us in his community share, is the corporate influence in the FDA. As we all know, the FDA relies heavily on the research done by corporations on their own products. Trusting that it is fair and honest, which we know, it rarely is. He also wants to top these same corporations from being able to donate money to the FDA and politicians. We all know that politics is full of lobbyist and both Trump and RFK has made clear that they want them gone. Something that should have been done years ago. This FDA overhaul is expected to reach pharmaceutical companies as well. RFK has expressed his desire to have commercials on prescription drugs banned.
Vaccines
While RFK has declared that he has no intention of taking vaccines away from people, despite he himself being somewhat of an anti-vaxxer, he is wanting to require more transparency in the vaccines themselves, form educating the public about side effects to ensuring the FDA does more thorough studies on these vaccines. He has openly stated that he wants to rebuild the trust that agencies such as the FDA once had with them American people.
Prices
There is a push from Kennedy on the negotiation of drug prices and medical treatments as a whole. Trump championed this in his first term. Biden continued it. And now there is an even bigger call to help reduce prices among all Americans.
MAHA
“Make America Healthy Again” is a slogan that I’ve already seen several RFK ads for. What does this mean? In short, Kennedy has declared that he will go to war with the food industry. As another part of the FDA overhaul will be banning currently allowed chemicals in our food. Chemicals that are banned in other places like Britain and the EU. Trump gave Kennedy 3 tasks, and 2 years to do them in end corruption in regulatory agencies, returning to the gold standard scientific evidence backed medicine, and ending the chronic disease epidemic in our nation , including obesity,
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