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To: Ish who wrote (99355)	2/8/2005 4:58:20 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

Ish, did you see the information that for 4 1/2 BILLION we could give EVERY small farmer an annual income of 35,000 and they dont raise ANYTHING. Yet we are spending 14+ Billion and frankly the small farmer is going the way of the goony bird. Its DAMN OBVIOUS to me that the big companies who need no help are scoffing up all the bucks. The whole thing is wasteful. I am ALL FOR supporting the small farmer but not the big business combines. jdn

To: Ish who wrote (99355)	2/8/2005 5:27:25 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

A lot of little farmers would go broke, banks would be repossessing land with falling value. John Deere, IH, Cat would all be losing sales and laying off. People on welfare don't pay much in taxes. That's the fear. I could use the same analogy as you have to defend subsidies to the Restaurant industry, etc, if we had them. It's hard to get off the government teat. A "Small Farmer" goes out of business, and people shed tears and have fundraisers. A guy goes under at his hot dog stand, nobody gives a shit.