Ever heard of Dairy Management? Probably not. But you are paying for it. In more ways than you can imagine.

Dairy Management's annual budget approaches $140 million. This is mostly paid for by a fee that is charged to the Dairy Industry. But there is also a good chunk that is (several million!) that is given to them by the Agriculture Department, that is right, the USDA! The Agriculture Department also appoints some of its board members, and gives their stamp of approval to their marketing campaigns.

The "Got Milk?" campaign is their brainchild. It is aimed largely at school children, because they know that these are the future consumers of America. That way, they are brainwashed nice and early.

The same government agency, the USDA, also is the driving force behind the anti-obesity campaign. This campaign urges Americans to eat less saturated fat. Cheese is now the largest source of saturated fat in American diets, 33 pounds a year, on average. Kind of gross when you think about 33 pounds of cheese coursing it's way through your veins. Cheese is being promoted heavily by Dairy Management. Hmmm, I don't know, but this seems to be a bit of a conflict of interest to me, I'm just sayin'.

So here we are, paying our taxes, to a government that tells us to lower our saturated fat consumption, and at the same time, has a federally funded organization promoting the consumption of saturated fat laden cheese. We are paying with our wallets, and our health.