"...would keep meat inspection personnel from going to work for as many as 15 days,"   "Farmers raising livestock and poultry would have nowhere to send their animals and would have to shoulder substantial losses,"     Any farmer who cant keep animals alive an additional 15 days need to go out of business!!

My 1998 Dodge Neon has over 210,000 miles on it.  Changed the head gasket once years ago.  Have replaced a few parts over the years but it's still the original engine and transmission.