whats with the peanut butter?

Another episode in the peanut epidemic. Today a Texas plant was found by federal inspectors to not have been inspected for four years previous to the outbreak. There were no random checks by any authorities whatsoever. While no salmonella outbreak was found at this plant in Texas, it was a distributor of those materials. The big question is of course is how do you go for years without inspection without anyone noticing? And if so, how does no one ELSE notice that no one has noticed??? These are the small things that are wrong with the free market capitalist system. While I am not refuting its effectiveness, one can't deny the implications it has when it is allowed to run rampant without major checks and balances. Unfortunately, in this case, it cost people their lives, not just their money. While this plant was not responsible for the salmonella outbreak, the fact remains that it skipped protocol by not engaging in federal safety checks. Does profit really out-trump the well being of consumers. Case and point, apparently it does. Management of this plant should be punished fully, in addition to the guilt I'm sure many of them now feel, although I don't accept this as satisfactory. Sure, the plant workers and managers in Texas and Georgia may feel sorry and give heartfelt apologies, but no matter how well-worded, they can't bring back the 8 people killed by their negligence and incompetance. So while everyone screams about the need for greater transparancy in our financial markets, I think it should start at a peanut distribution plant in Georgia. We've already started too late though in the minds of 8 people and their families.