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Posted by Lloyd on September 11, 2003 at 17:24:10 from (209.221.55.193):
In Reply to: Do you make money farming crops? (need to be educa posted by KURT (mi) on September 10, 2003 at 02:43:20:
The government does not subsidize farmers, it subsidizes consumers. All government farm programs are aimed at providing the American People with a cheap, plentifil, safe and reliable food source. Do you think other countrys will be concerned about us if our farmers go broke. They will sell us food like they sell us oil. If this nation loses its ablity to feed itself we are at the mercy of the world. I live on a farm and farm for a living and will be able to feed my family no matter what. But I will have to have an army to guard my livestock and garden when my city cousins go to the supermarket and the shelves are empty. A farmer friend of mine traveled in Germany several years ago and toured the non tourist parts of the country. All the farms seemed to be very prosperous and he questioned someone in town about that. The reply he got was this. We almost starved in world war two. That will never happen again. Our farmers are our most precious resource.
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