Topic: USDA
On May 15, 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act of Congress establishing "at the seat of Government of the United States a Department of Agriculture." Two and one-half years later, in what was to be his last annual message to the Congress, Lincoln said: "The Agricultural Department, under the supervision of its present energetic and faithful head, is rapidly commending itself to the great and vital interest it was created to advance. It is precisely the people's Department, in which they feel more directly concerned that in any other. I commend it to the continued attention and fostering care of Congress."
Isn't this just charming, the very Department who states the USDA is the People's Department, It really should read the Lobbyists Department, Big Ag Department but certainly not the 'People's department" we the people no longer exist.
Posted by xstatic99645
at 11:25 AM YST
