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In the meantime, it may be time to crank up the old Farm-Aid rallies that were so prevalent in the 1980's; the last time national policy drove the small farm to the brink of extinction.
Actually, this wasn't the brink...it happened and is done with.
Sure, some family farmers remain...but now with this "immigrant thing" many of them are going to call it quits.
But we are fooling ourselves if we think a reasonable percentage of what we eat comes from Ma and Pa Kettle.
Global trade is nothing new. People in the USA have been eating bananas, coconuts and citrus and many other crops from abroad for CENTURIES.
The very idea that people think it is otherwise is fantastic.
And this little piggy went weee, weee, weee, "Bacon is 99 cents a lb at the supermarket and Farmer Gray, wearing his MAGA hat, hung himself in the barn!
Working at any low paying job is an honest living but when people want a rise in the minimum wage, that is somehow all of a sudden bad and those people need to quit making bad decisions and stop working at lower paying jobs.
Maybe all the farmers should go back to school and get a degree in Engineering?
Working at any low paying job is an honest living but when people want a rise in the minimum wage, that is somehow all of a sudden bad and those people need to quit making bad decisions and stop working at lower paying jobs.
Maybe all the farmers should go back to school and get a degree in Engineering?
We can set up trade schools and start them out as welders, plumbers and carpenters.
An HVAC company around here charges 160 and hour and gets it....carpenters start at about $50.
And this little piggy went weee, weee, weee, "Bacon is 99 cents a lb at the supermarket and Farmer Gray, wearing his MAGA hat, hung himself in the barn!
See kids, there is a happy ending!
There is a reason God commanded his people (Jews and Muslims) to be careful of that pig meat....
And this little piggy went weee, weee, weee, "Bacon is 99 cents a lb at the supermarket and Farmer Gray, wearing his MAGA hat, hung himself in the barn!
See kids, there is a happy ending!
What a shameful thing to say. Democrats are salivating over the thought of Americans losing their jobs and livelihoods. You are lucky to live in a prosperous country where produce is cheap and affordable for all. People have to work and make sacrifices so you can enjoy this privilege.
What a shameful thing to say. Democrats are salivating over the thought of Americans losing their jobs and livelihoods. You are lucky to live in a prosperous country where produce is cheap and affordable for all. People have to work and make sacrifices so you can enjoy this privilege.
And get millions of dollars in subsidies from the government every year for decades...
Dump all subsidies. This includes farming and energy alike. Dump big pharma, subsidizing college professors for ridiculous studies. All of it. No welfare to any industry.
Dump all subsidies. This includes farming and energy alike. Dump big pharma, subsidizing college professors for ridiculous studies. All of it. No welfare to any industry.
In the global economy this might work if all Countries did the same.
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China spends more money on agricultural subsidies than any other country in the world. Spending on agricultural subsidies peaked in 2015 when US$248 billion ($316 billion) was transferred from the Chinese treasury to farmers. Chinese farmers are not overly reliant on agricultural subsidies, as government transfers as a percentage of revenue remain low, particularly compared to Japan and South Korea.
Personally, I think it's a pipe dream (free-market fundamentalism).
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