the future of 850 million dollars

Okay, so it was on the Daily Show. It was still interesting!
Amidst some jokes about the federal budget and some ideas about certain budget cuts, they mentioned something that kinda moved me.
We spend 850 million dollars on Federal Meat Inspection each year.
That's a lot of $!!!

Just thought I'd throw that fact out there. Notice with me that it probably wouldn't be a bad idea if we continually evaluated what we were producing together and eating together - what occupies our time, energy, & money? Is it worth it?

happy thanksgiving
-s.o