1 posted on
10/14/2012 11:23:45 AM PDT by
thecodont
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To: thecodont
This will make it that much easier to apply UN Agenda 21 to those farms.
2 posted on
10/14/2012 11:25:58 AM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the psychopath.)
To: thecodont
So much for those happy cows.
3 posted on
10/14/2012 11:26:40 AM PDT by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: thecodont
The problems started in 2009, when milk prices bottomed out and grain prices soared, partly due to the government's ethanol mandate. Congress is requiring that gasoline producers blend 15 billion gallons of ethanol, made from corn, into the nation's gas supply by 2015. Dairy farmers were forced to borrow against their land and cows to make their bills. Law of unintended consequences. The ethanol and milk price supports created this situation.
To: thecodont
No mention of the highest taxes in the nation and high regulations on these farmers.
Let’s not tell the truth. That would be too easy.
5 posted on
10/14/2012 11:28:38 AM PDT by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: thecodont
More "Hope and Change" at work?
I know I'm "Hoping for a Change" (Actually Praying for a Change) come Nov 6th!
6 posted on
10/14/2012 11:31:24 AM PDT by
The Sons of Liberty
("Get that evil, foreign, muslim, usurping, gay bastard out of MY White House!" FUBO!)
To: thecodont
Californians don’t need milk, let them drink Merlot.
To: thecodont
Ah. The perfect example of the ruinous effect of one of life's shibboleths - the curse of unintended consequences to half baked ideas given substance,
id est, ethanol is such a great, green idea to save the planet. What does it matter if the production of ethanol drives up the price of grain, removes a food source from masticatory consumption, and delivers a supply of liquid that causes increased engine wear and reduced mileage?
The loss of dairies is a necessary sacrifice to the goddess Gaea.
8 posted on
10/14/2012 11:35:16 AM PDT by
Thommas
(The snout of the camel is in the tent..)
To: thecodont
Dairy farming was once a major industry in Southern California. In 1960, there were nothing but dairy farms for miles along Goldenwest St. in Huntington Beach, an area that is today filled with shopping centers, office buildings, etc. Many of their owners had Dutch names.
The last dairies in Southern California, in the Chino Valley, are rapidly disappearing.
11 posted on
10/14/2012 11:39:37 AM PDT by
Fiji Hill
(Deo Vindice!)
To: thecodont
"I've never seen it as dire as it is now," said Frank Mendonsa, a Tulare dairyman who serves on the Western United Dairymen board. "Pride is just eating these guys up. People are calling me and asking me what to do. It becomes like a counseling session to stop people from hurting themselves. But it's not just losing our jobs that is driving the desperation. We're losing our houses, in some cases the same houses that our grandparents lived in, and we're losing our entire identities."Many of the Texas cattle ranchers lost their cattle and ranches, after last year's drought. I don't recall the rancher's being referred to a suicide hotline, though.
12 posted on
10/14/2012 11:44:29 AM PDT by
Jane Long
(Soli Deo Gloria!)
To: thecodont
We don’t need these greedy, fly producing polluters.
We can get all the milk we need at the grocery store.
14 posted on
10/14/2012 11:52:30 AM PDT by
umgud
(No Rats, No Rino's)
To: thecodont
When you burn your food in your gas tank, this is what you get.
To: thecodont
The dairy farmers can rest easy now, a Dairy Future Task Force has been formed to study the problem, gather information, make field trips, interview stake holders and other concerned persons.
When the subject has been thoroughly examined a report will assembled and given a public comment period, any changes discussed and a final draft prepared for the legislature and the last two dairy farmers in California to consider.
Final issue date unknown.
17 posted on
10/14/2012 12:00:48 PM PDT by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: thecodont
Hmm, the government forces me to burn corn in my car while putting dairies out of business due to high corn prices. Nice work.
19 posted on
10/14/2012 12:02:13 PM PDT by
Wayne07
To: thecodont
NO Problem ALL OF Mexifornia is being MILKED by the democrats..
Mexifornia is indeed animal farm <<- you know like in the book!..
If you say what book.. then you are one of the Cows.. and not a Donkey at all..
24 posted on
10/14/2012 12:16:34 PM PDT by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: thecodont
Farming is not an easy job and Americans are still doing it. The dairy business is the hardest of all, 24/7, rain or shine and Americans are still doing it. When we tax and regulate our farmers out of existence we will become subject to the whims of politicians and foreign producers. There will be no attraction for Americans to become dairy farmers. Wake up America.
To: thecodont
Calif. expected to lose 100 dairy farms,
but gains 100 fairy farms in San Francisco.
27 posted on
10/14/2012 12:29:13 PM PDT by
bunkerhill7
(yup-Who knew??)
To: thecodont
Calif. expected to lose 100 dairy farms,
but gains 100 fairy farms in San Francisco.
28 posted on
10/14/2012 12:29:40 PM PDT by
bunkerhill7
(yup-Who knew??)
To: thecodont
I believe in choice. The government should just give every family a cow and be done with it. Then, it’s your choice — milk or steak.
To: thecodont
Congress mandates ethanol in gas —> Dairy farmers committing suicide.
Nice.
To: thecodont
“Save a Cow - Ban Ethanol”
“Eat Corn, Drink Milk, Ban Ethanol”
38 posted on
10/14/2012 1:46:38 PM PDT by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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