The proposition that I think is the most important to have a decision on is proposition 37. Proposition 37 wants genetically modified food to be labeled because people have the right to know how their food is made. This gives the people the choice whether or not we want to buy the food since it gives us more information about how the food is made. This will provide people and their families the information on what food they are eating. The problem about this proposition is that it wastes millions of dollars, that taxpayers need to pay, just to label the food we eat and it would also increase the food bills by $100 per year.
There are many benefits on not having this proposition pass. We make GE foods so we could have more food with little effort. This is better for farmers so they can have a lot of food they can sell. This benefits us because the genetically engineered (GE) foods are much cheaper than organic food. I know that if I was in a supermarket and I saw a small box of strawberries for $5 and a larger box of strawberries for the same price, I would probably buy the larger box because you can have more for your money. Also, having these labels on our food can scare people in buying the food even though there is nothing wrong with them.
If I was 18 years old right now, I would vote no on proposition 37. I personally think that we shouldn’t label our genetically modified foods as GE. I feel like it is a waste of money and we should be spending this money on more important things like education and the military. If people want to have food that is not genetically modified, then just by organic food. I believe that if our GE foods were labeled, it wouldn’t make a difference to a lot of people in our population. Many people don’t read the labels in their food and having the labels would just be a waste of money.
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