Another example of the US acting like Stalin's collectivist Russia...
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059978089
Not [i]another[/i] example of the US acting like Stalin's collectivist Russia !
The plight of US farmers just doesn't get the news coverage in the UK it deserves.
It's certainly an issue that's been of major concern to me for some time...
That thread about TJ et al said that today's trolls are rather poor. I think this is proof.
47% is a fair old chunk of the crop, seems a bit draconian to me
The plight of US farmers just doesn't get the news coverage in the UK it deserves.
At least they're not Indian farmers being driven to suicide by Monsanto
USDA issued its first order for raisins in 1949 after a production spike in order to avoid a price drop.
So actually, traditionally the purchase has been to help farmers to keep prices up to try to avoid financial difficulties rather than stealing food from them
In recent years, Horne said, USDA hasn't paid fair market price for the raisins,
Surely this is the problem, not the taking itself?
Does anybody actually eat raisins?
clubber - MemberIt's certainly an issue that's been of major concern to me for some time...
Maybe not... But it's still a kinda interesting story don't you think? It's got human interest, legal tangles, it's got seemingly unintended consequences, and it doesn't seem like anyone's actually out to do wrong- it's not the state setting out to be thieves, it's the state setting out to something practical and useful for farmers but then it drifting over 60 years and going wrong in a way the lawmakers would never have guessed. I'm intrigued to see how it turns out, though I guess I will never know.
Of course, it's not an example of the US acting like Stalin's collectivist Russia, which possibly makes it more interesting 🙂
quite...