[thomasmeeks]

Overprescribing antibiotics to animals helps keep meat cheap. Politicians have a hard time with the headwinds caused by ads like “Evil big-government libs are raising the price of your steak!!” So it doesn’t happen. You’d probably be surprised how cheap some feed antibiotics are — Tylan powder being a good example.

In short, yes, it is beating lobbyists and opportunistic political opponents. Even if this issue is important to you, political capital is not limitless, so it has to be weighed against a whole host of other issues.