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
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>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...
>>
>>
>
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>So who do we believe? Who do we blame - the Europeans? (only kidding). This is
>worth discussing...
>
>Ron Levesque
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