Some thoughts. I think that there seems to be an over-riding opinion that certain people were born with a "right to farm". Sadly, farmers are having to deal with the same things non-farmers have to deal with every day. My small farm town used to have three hardware stores, five grocery stores, four car dealerships, four tractor dealerships and ten taverns.
All the people who were in those businesses had to adapt and change when their operations became obselete or non-competitive. None of them ever spoke of a "right" or "heritage" which guaranteed that they could earn their living in a certain industry.
And, these businesses didn't all close because the farms all got bigger with less farmers, they closed because the business model no longer worked.
Also, the fanciest trucks and SUV's in my town are driven by farmers not the regular working guys in the community. I just shake my head as I'm working on my old Case tractor and I see a local farmer running to the John Deere dealer for parts in the middle of harvest driving his pearl white Chevrolet Avalanche with $4,000 pimp wheels on it.
And just to make one last point, you don't feed me. My family and I work very hard to earn money to BUY our food. And yes, a discussion for another day may well be the fact that we should all agree to pay more for our food if it would mean a reduction in our taxes.
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