hi,,,
i dont mind if the rabi or rabbin bless,lick , certify ,check ......or whatever he wants to do but it must done for the people that he represents, and i dont have to pay him for this (i dont ask him to do it) there is other authorities who are paid by my taxes who are allowed to do it for me.
i can give you only one figure (20 millions of dollars are done annually by only one organisation of rabbins to kosher the food).
for the man who tells me that i can buy other than kosher if i dont want it , i can assure you that i have tried ,but unfortunately i found that almost everything is koshered ,even the dish cleaner!.
if this is not logical , i must be from another world.