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To: taxed2death
Hey Straw man (lady)

Not a strawman at all. The poster said we all are getting screwed in the marketa, and I proved the consumer is not.

Also IIRC, the % of household income that goes to purchasing food is way down in the last 50 years and the choices of food to the American consumer have skyrocketed all due to those considered evil by some, farmers.

15 posted on 06/21/2006 4:46:46 AM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: Dane
Also IIRC, the % of household income that goes to purchasing food is way down in the last 50 years and the choices of food to the American consumer have skyrocketed all due to those considered evil by some, farmers.

Mechanization and better transport technologies. Pedro isn't delivering a bushel of apples to the market on his mule anymore.
17 posted on 06/21/2006 5:00:43 AM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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