[Cagey]

I use my car in my business. Maybe I should ask the government to pay my maintenance bills.

[asgardshill]

Where's the WPA (and their bottomless checkbook) when you need them?

[Drango]

Ohio will get whatever they want from the feds, at least till Nov 3rd.

[q_an_a]

maybe if he raised the rent like RATS want to raise taxes that would make sense. Let the user pay. I know that small farms are hard work - but farm stats show that many earn in excess of 50,000 before the subsidies kick in. Then add outside income and many family farmers are comfortable.

[DesertDreamer]

Only a Dem would dare to pretend that these markets are being run as successful businesses. A successful business would have a revenue plan that supports reinvestment in maintenance and repairs. There already is a government-sponsored program available to these markets -- small business loans. Of course, that requires a business plan that would satisfy a creditor.

[ikka]

And here I thought that farmers could maybe figure out how to handle things by themselves.

[Moonman62]

"The survival of family farmers in our country is going to depend on their ability to market to the consumers, most of which live in the suburbs and cities," Kaptur said. The former urban planner is the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations agriculture subcommittee.

The Federal Creed: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it.

[ridesthemiles]

The local Farmers Market rents space in a couple of places 3 days/nights a week. Fairgrounds--Local Park--Parking lot of small strip mall after 5 PM. They do quite well, and the overhead is minimal.
Get inventive- School parking lots are empty most nights, and the perimeter edges could support farmers markets trucks with folding tarp covers erected. There is absolutely NO need for any permanent fixtures like a building. There are at least 30 vendors at the fairgrounds every Sat AM. in the growing season. In Ohio, I'll bet the growing season is less then where I am.