[Onelifetogive]

"We've been trying to save the family farm for 50years.....are we any closer?"

And how about the family automobile manufacturer, or the family telecommunications company, or the family pharmaceutical company...how are they doing???

[PeterPrinciple]

So you would agree with the statement of my congress critter?

He would never dare say that publicly.

[Pontiac]

And how about the family automobile manufacturer, or the family telecommunications company, or the family pharmaceutical company...how are they doing???

I think there is one major difference with farmers. The government did not finance the extinction of these other family operations. They suffered the winds of the marketplace.