Posted by mkirsch on October 12, 2010 at 11:13:03 from (64.80.108.57):
In Reply to: long winded rant posted by Brad W Wi on October 11, 2010 at 14:24:19:
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"Amerika" as in communism?
You are SO wrong.
It's the pursuit of the almighty dollar, CAPITALISM, that has put us in this spot.
You think fast-food joints and strip malls are products of communism? Are you serious?
Those are all about someone's dream of getting rich. CAPITALISM.
Crying, "Why doesn't the government support these family farms?" That's communism.
CAPITALISM killed the small family farm...
Capitalist corporations calling themselves "milk cooperatives" maximizing corporate profits by paying the farmers a pittance for their product, and calling it "market price."
Capitalist corporations of all sorts, charging exorbitant prices for feed, chemicals, medication, machinery, fuel, parts, and services. All because they know the farmer has no choice but to pay or go out of business.
Dairy farms operated at a loss of $1000 per head last year, on average. Most years it's barely break-even.
Tell me how is that making a living?
Who wants to work like a dog for 12+ hours a day, only to get screwed from both ends?
I left the family farm because I was sick of working so hard for so little. I went to college to become an engineer, ended up working in computers.
At this stage of the game I almost want to go back, but there is no way. I'd be bankrupt in less than a year, even if Mom & Dad gave me the use of the farm and equipment for free.
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