In 2009, Rath tried to take influence on the Irish referendum on the new EU treaty. In a six-page-leaflet distributed to homes in Dublin, Rath claimed that voting "yes" will result in the militarization of Europe, and would turn Ireland into an ''Orwellian police state''. Europe was on its way to become fully controlled by Oil and Pharma cartels. The ''vitamin millionaire'' and pharmaceutical businessman Rath portrayed his own activities as those of a ''non-profit organization dedicated to improving human health through research, education and the defense of patients’ rights to choose natural health therapies''.<ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0922/1224254989371.html</ref> | In 2009, Rath tried to take influence on the Irish referendum on the new EU treaty. In a six-page-leaflet distributed to homes in Dublin, Rath claimed that voting "yes" will result in the militarization of Europe, and would turn Ireland into an ''Orwellian police state''. Europe was on its way to become fully controlled by Oil and Pharma cartels. The ''vitamin millionaire'' and pharmaceutical businessman Rath portrayed his own activities as those of a ''non-profit organization dedicated to improving human health through research, education and the defense of patients’ rights to choose natural health therapies''.<ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0922/1224254989371.html</ref> |