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Austin Frerick A Progressive Democratic Candidate Running In Iowa Taking On Monsanto
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:02:05
Publish Date: 2018-01-31 12:01:34
Description: We interview Austin Frerick a progressive Democratic Candidate running in Iowa (IA-3). Austin is running on a smart, populist message that resonates in Iowa and could be a template for a winning message nationally. Plus he's got a great sense of humor! We interview Austin Frerick a progressive Democratic Candidate running in Iowa (IA-3). He's running on a smart, populist message that resonates in Iowa and could be a template for a winning message nationally. He's been endorsed by Blue America and his campaign is gaining steam in Iowa. Here's what Blue America's Howie Klein said about Austin in an article talking about Blue America's endorsement: Austin Frerick was an economist in Obama’s Treasury Department and he’s getting well known throughout western Iowa for taking on Monsanto. Monsanto noticed too — and their PAC is helping fund two candidates running against Frerick, a conservative Democrat, Theresa Greenfield, and an even more conservative Republican, David Young. “I’m seeing this pattern of corruption that made me want to get into this race,” said Frerick. “Who’s going to look out for the farmer who’s facing rising seed costs when an incumbent congressman is beholden to Monsanto’s political action committee and the Democratic candidate is getting campaign contributions from one of Monsanto’s biggest lobbyists?” And Frerick makes a broad case against monopolies that go beyond just seed prices. He talks about cable service, pharmaceutical prices, and craft beer(!!) as universally relatable examples. “Craft breweries are a great example of innovative new small businesses challenging monopolistic incumbents. More than 98% of all breweries are locally owned small businesses. These are the type of businesses that grow our local economies. But Anheuser-Busch InBev and Molson Coors sell 71% of all beer in the US and they’ve set out the dominate the industry even more… And what’s happening in the beer industry is a microcosm for our economy at the moment. Economists across the political spectrum agree that monopolies harm small businesses and communities and also lead to higher costs and lower quality for consumers. Let’s allow craft breweries to thrive. If we want local small businesses to have a chance in the modern economy, we have to enforce our antitrust laws and stop barons like Anheuser-Busch from robbing us.” Read the full article on the Blue America Blog here. To learn more about Austin or to donate to his campaign go to: www.austinfrerick.com Tags:Austin Frerick, , Candidates, Monopolies
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