CHESTER COUNTY, PA – Seldom will John Murphy, the independent candidate for House of Representatives in the 16th district, say anything positive about any US corporation since US corporations are the root cause of the majority of problems in the United States and throughout the world.  Nevertheless, according to John Murphy "we must give the devil its due.  The management at Herr Foods is doing the right thing and even if it is doing it for the wrong reasons -- maintenance of profit margins -- doing the right thing is always praiseworthy regardless of its motivation".

Murphy went on to explain that as a former marketing consultant he was extremely happy that Daryl Thomas, vice president of sales and marketing at Herr Foods testified before the US House of Representatives committee on small businesses looking into a rising food prices.  The major reason for the dramatic rise in food prices is that our government subsidizes farmers to grow corn for ethanol production.  Murphy said "while people are starving to death throughout the world and we are now even seeing food riots, we in America are putting needed food in our gas tank.  Soon, only the rich will be able to drive while the poor are literally starving to death.  Meanwhile gas prices are continuing to rise, not because there is any increase in demand, but because of Wall Street speculation about a war with Iran coupled with the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and of course" Murphy added, "the oil companies are making unprecedented profits from this human misery.  The first thing we must do", Murphy continued, "is to reclassify the oil industry as a public utility so that oil prices can be regulated".

Murphy added "it is not surprising that corporations like Archer Daniels Midland and ConAgra are claiming that ethanol is a godsend and will rescue us from dependence on fossil fuel.  A little bit of research shows that nothing could be further from the truth.  It takes a enormous amounts of fossil fuel just to produce 100 gallons of ethanol destroying an acre of corn in the process!"

Murphy went on to say "ConAgra and Archer Daniels Midland are also two of the corporate criminals responsible for shipping billions of tons of cheap corn into Mexico under the so-called free trade agreement, NAFTA, wiping out the small farmer in Mexico and causing an influx of 13 million economic refugees into the United States. The Democrat and Republican parties refer to these economic refugees as ‘illegal immigrants’.  This is to be expected", continued Murphy, "since the two corporate owned parties receive millions of dollars in campaign contributions from these huge agribusinesses".

"We need to see the same kind of corporate social responsibility as demonstrated by one of our own local small businesses, Herr Foods, from every corporation in America" Murphy concluded.

"The Corporate-Free Candidate"