Small Farms

After my post yesterday about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rant about pork producers, it got me thinking about politicians in general.  For example, when Caroline Kennedy was thinking of running for Senator here in New York, she didn’t even know what cities were in upstate, New York.  Think Rochester, Buffalo and imagine- Albany, the capitol!  She probably wasn’t even aware that there are hundreds of dairy farms in New York either- a fact that also seems to evade those living in New York city.

This situation may be relative to a lot of politicians- those individuals that we sometimes foolishly pin our hopes on when they run for office.  We think that because they make a pit-stop in our rural towns that they actually give a flying you-know-what about our farming industry.  I’m not saying it is strictly a Kennedy thing, I think it is indicative of most born and bred in the city politicians- they just don’t get farmers, nor will they ever.  Probably the closest thing they’ve ever gotten to a farm is a photo on the Internet or a cover on a magazine.

This morning on Fox news there was a discussion about our current economy.  One pundit stated that there is a lot of money to be made if the government would focus on the evils in agriculture.  I’m taking this to mean gas and crap produced by farm animals.  Once again I’m left to believe that they intend to tax farmers to death, along with a laundry list of fines for wrong doings- like spreading cow manure on their fields in the spring (remember, farmers are terrorists).  If that doesn’t do in the family farm, perhaps they can make them buy a bunch of stupid permits- who cares if those people can’t buy groceries or pay for the gas on their farms- they are all evil anyway and should pay through the nose!

Obviously, this is just me being sarcastic.  I hate seeing farmers get the short end of the stick, especially since they don’t live and breath politics.  They’re actually out everyday working- since there is no recession or job loss in the farming industry- yet.  They may not be aware of current legislation, but not for long if I have anything to do with it.

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