To: Vermonter
Many farmers in the Midwest are getting boatloads of money for selling out to real estate developers.
4 posted on
12/24/2003 6:47:35 AM PST by
sarasota
To: sarasota
Yeah, they gain the money, but lose the heritage and lifestyle. For some this is not a tradeoff they want
7 posted on
12/24/2003 6:49:03 AM PST by
Vermonter
(if you can keep your head while everyone around you loses theirs, you'll be taller than they are)
To: sarasota
I suspect that many of those farmers didn't sell because they wanted to, they sold because the property tax on the land was so high that they could not afford to farm the ground anymore.
24 posted on
12/24/2003 7:22:07 AM PST by
VetoBill
(Who is the actor that plays Dan Rather?)
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