The Donald Doesn't Need Any Stinking Food Safety Rules

Today, Trump rolled out another variation of his tax plan. It doesn't have anything really new: more tax cuts for the wealthy, pennies for the middle class. However, accompanying the plan was a fact sheet listing out the government cuts he'll make in order to fund his tax breaks.

Though Trump's people pulled the fact sheet not long after publishing, The Hill was able to get a screenshot, and Salon was able to get a glimpse of it. Evidently, we're entering a whole new, exciting world when it comes to our food.

And according to an accompanying fact sheet released by the Trump campaign, the businessman turned White House aspirant plans to dramatically scale back government regulations, including food safety and environmental measures, in order to save almost $1 trillion over the next decade.

Considering the man's love of fast food, what can he possibly have against food safety? After all, one of the most famous cases associated with food poisoning was the infamous Jack in the Box E.coli outbreak resulting in over 700 people sickened, 171 hospitalizations, and four deaths.

But Trump and food inspections tickled my memory. A quick Google search later, and I found the connection.

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