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Originally Posted by wheelsup  My grandparents were farmers and lived in poverty from the day they were born to the day they died. They owned several hundred acres (not a lot, I know) and grew primarily corn and soybeans.
Farmers are some of the most hard working people on this planet. The (little) money they received went right back into their farm and community, vs. the money that crackheads get for unemployment and welfare buying drugs and alcohol.
Like tony said, it's the big time farms that are the big scams, not the small time farmers. |
I'm with you on the hard-working good people comment. I put in my share of 16 hour days when it was hump time. And my grandparents didn't get rich farming either. In the part of the country where my family's farm is there are no small farmers anymore, unless they are hobby farmers. And most of the farmers there wouldn't want you to know how much of your money they get to farm.
But my statement still stands and it is undeniable that American farms are welfare projects now. Just much wealthier than the stereotypical welfare recipient. (BTW, to all you taxpayers, thanks for the help with the flying lessons, the airplane and the cabin on the lake.
Don't worry, you guys are all to young to have paid for my lessons.)
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But yet we continue to 'develop' farm land (because that's where the money is at) to put up parking lots (ala housing projects and Wal-marts). We are going to be very sad when there is no more farm land and we're importing our food from Russia and China.  |
It's a good scare line but not based at all on any reality in this country.