john courtneidge
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:41:35 -0800
Dear Co-operators and future(of)work friends, Regarding the below. It is mind-boggling (tho' not really ! ) that guaranteed incomes for farm businesses are politically correct, while guaranteed incomes for citizens are not ! In Europe, we (and I truely mean *we*) pay 'farmers' to *not* grow food (the Set-Aside scheme in the EU's Common Agricultural - sic - Policy.) And then !!!!!!! pay them (even more!) to put the resultant weed-infested land back into production. And !! all this, while we (and do I mean *they* ? ) don't pay unemployed people a humane income until they are 'required' to work !!!!! Hey, ho - let the co-operative commonweal come !! Love to you all, j ******************** ---------- >From: Ron Levesque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: MEDIA RELEASE >Date: Tue, Nov 2, 1999, 6:36 pm > >snip< >The NCBA release states: > >> >> Farm communities across the United States are in an economic >> crisis. The lack of a safety net for farmers, along with rock-bottom >> commodity prices and unfair trade advantages for other countries in the >> global market, have created a disaster for America's farm families... >> >> > >(rest snipped) > >So who do we believe? Who do we blame - the Europeans? (only kidding). This is >worth discussing... > >Ron Levesque >