Marlon Wrote:

No matter how you (or Soter) attempt to slice and dice it - the fact remains 
that the obsolete labor intensive methods of agriculture cannot survive  
without low cost labor.
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Response.

Marlon, you seem to be pretty obsessed with low cost labour.  I have a proposal 
for you:  I will lease to you one of my paddy field measuring one square acre 
absolutely free for a year.  It has good rain water source plus a well in the 
centre in case rain fails you.  You are free to use low cost labourers such as 
the migrants available nearby Margao city area. I will also give you the labour 
requirements to work out your cost.
Sowing:  2 pair of bulls (Zoth) for 3 full days and 3 labourers per day for 3 
days
Weeding: 4 labourers per day for 5 days (it can be more and depends on the 
weeds)
Harvesting: 6 labourers for a day plus 5 bulls for thrashing (Davonn)
Milling:  It depends on the produce (harvest).

If your notion of cheap labour (unskilled migrants) at Rs 200-250 per day (very 
cheap by western standards) makes this deal (paddy cultivation) profitable then 
I will gift you my paddy field plot measuring 1 square acre.  If it turns loss 
then you work in my paddy field for next 5 monsoon seasons for free.  What is 
you take on this?  

You also seem to have problems with my suggestion on subsidies for farmers. 
What is your opinion when Indian free market economist Prime Minister Singh 
comparing free Spectrum (2G Scandal) allocation to Indian corporate to that 
subsidies given to Farmers? 
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/138438/pm-likens-2g-loss-subsidies.html

Why United States the so-called free market economy powerhouse/the world 
superpower gives subsidies to its farmers?  Are these subsidies found/grown in 
US farms too? 
http://farm.ewg.org/region.php?fips=00000

Are only rich and wealthy entitled for freebies and not the poor?  Could you 
tell me, which title suits you best? Neo-capitalist or Pseudo-capitalist.

Agnelo Pinheiro

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