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Re: [OM] You know you are in Iowa...

Subject: Re: [OM] You know you are in Iowa...
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:44:50 -0500
Free corn dogs for this man!

Joel W.

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Clay
Nichols<Clay.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Who cares about who pays whom. That whole area is full of corn and THE BEST 
> beef.
> Eat like a man.
> Clay
>
>>>> Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx> 8/16/2009 9:24 AM >>>
> You are an economist, correct?  No offense intended, but I'm surprised
> you would characterize an issue so nuanced quite so broadly.  Isn't it
> quite complex, since it involves food supply and who controls what and
> how whole countries compete in the world for markets?  It has nothing
> to do with welfare other than the fact that governments are involved.
> Domestic sources of food are literally of biblical significance in the
> scheme of things.  What actually is more fundamental?  I'm quite
> certain that no one would care about a small family farmer if there
> weren't something distinctly chilling about corporations controlling
> food supply  Sorry if I'm missing something here.  I'm not learned in
> this area.
>
> Joel W.
>
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Nathan Wajsman<photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yeah, and most farmers would not survive without subsidies and various
>> other largesse from the Federal Government, so they are effectively
>> welfare recipients, just without the stigma that the welfare
>> recipients in cities experience.
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