Yes Margareth,
I have an uncle who is a farmer in Georgia. He has similar views, about how the family farmer is being run out of Dodge, and that we need good Democrats in office who feel his plight, and want to give him, and other family farmers subsidies to help him compete against these evil multi-national corporations.
Just last year, as he was complaining to me and other family members about the plight of the farmer, he had to move his 2009 Jaguar out of the driveway, because of deliveries by one of his suppliers.
We all felt his pain.
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM, margareth <mzebarth@sympatico.ca> wrote:
In my country at one time, large corporations controlled vast areas.
They had the power of governance over all who lived in the country,
and controlled all commerce to boot. It was against the rules to take
ones production to competing purchasers, regardless of the price.
That ended with the American Revolution, and with subsequent
reciprocity treaties. It is now possible to produce as much of a
commodity as you want, and sell it to the highest bidder. The trouble
with that is that if too much is produced, the price is reduced, and
producers go broke. That is what happened to the family farm, now a
relic in many regions. What has replaced it is the factory farm, that
has turned the entrepreneurs of old into employees. And low wage
employees at that.
Of course many farmers were able to get together to help each other
out. Sometimes they even formed co-operatives to manage the production
and sales of what they produced..... the governments action was pretty
much to legislate them out of business.... otherwise many would still
be there, with some members of the family working in the factories of
nearby towns, (that have now moved to China.) Some Co-ops were
labelled as commies, because the profit of the producer owned
corporations was distributed among the shareholder farmers. Some of
the profits went to the support of such socialist institutions as
roads, and schools, and hospitals that would benefit the whole
community.
Currently many governments of the world are so beholden to large multi-
national corporations that they will do what they are told. Why else
do you think that it is so difficult to get American bankers to
consent to any sort of policing?
On Jul 2, 6:28 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Agreed PlainOl'. It used to be in this Nation, that we had a deep respect
> for those individuals with a work ethic who went out and busted their ass,
> and made something of themselves. Now, there is a stigma against such
> individuals. There is a mind-set in this Nation that those who have gone
> out and worked hard owe the rest of us something.
>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:19 PM, plainolamerican
> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > class warfare will get you nowhere
>
> > On Jul 2, 1:51 pm, "Sarcastic American!" <not4ud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Government and Capitalism has a symbiotic relationship. One can't live
> > > without the other. Even Libertarian wankers want a minimum
> > > government.
> > > historically in the USA, the Aryan rich had the government protect
> > > them from striking workers. They had the National guard shoot at
> > > picketing workers. This made Kent State shootings look like a picnic.
> > > The government main role was to protect private property and keep non-
> > > white people in poverty. This is something that even a white
> > > Australian could understand. However, people eventually stood up and
> > > changed government.
> > > You notice when the government gives chrumbs to the poor
> > > the well financed ruling class will launch a campaign that says how
> > > the mean old evil socialist government is stealing money from hard
> > > working white people...excuse me...hard working middle class people.
> > > While it's true if the State does tax middle class people then it's
> > > like chopping off a foot. When the rich are taxed, like clipping their
> > > toe nails. They don't feel a thing. During World War 2 the very rich
> > > were taxed 80% of their wealth, now it's 30% thanks the Neo-Cons and
> > > the Bush adminstration. But boo hoo! The billionaires are whining like
> > > little girls at the doctors office. They hire P.R firms and they
> > > propagandize the media.
> > > Then there is the old religous mantra that you have the right to
> > > keep all your money. You do if you earn it! But underpaying your
> > > workers! Fuck you and the horse you rode in!
> > > Capitalism only benefits capitalists. The right wing rich pigs devalue
> > > workers while the libral elite pays them crumbs. The liberals are
> > > smarter than the Torie scumbags. They know by giving the poor and
> > > worker little concessions this will pacify them. The conservative blue
> > > eye devils say just ignore them and let them fend for themselves. The
> > > Nazis slaughtered the poor and the unions.
> > > The only way you will freedom is to kill every priest, politician,
> > > and rich pig. Other wise, unless you are born into a rich family, you
> > > are fucked.
>
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