This chart (click here to expand) reveals the former Monsanto employees who hold/held federal government positions, including heads of the USDA and the FDA, and a Supreme Court justice:
The American public needs to shed its delusion that our government is a benevolent, philanthropic entity devoted to our best interests. I believe we are all intelligent enough to understand the implications here...so I need not belabour the point. Consider this another tool in your "educating friends and family" arsenal.