http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...icken-farmers/

Greg

On 8/15/2012 12:23 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:23:26 +0000 (UTC), gregz wrote:
>
>> http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...icken-farmers/
>
> And how much of that $150 million will be going to Tyson, Smithfield,
> and JBS/Swift?
>
> _None_ of that meat will be bought off of farmers. It will be bought
> from the big conglomerates. The food will then be given away for free
> to people who would otherwise not be buying it themselves. So the net
> effect for Bob Farmer means he's not likely to get a significantly
> better price for his stocks and will sell it earlier (younger) than
> normal.
>
> -sw
>

Those companies are able to purchase far more politicians than the
farmers can. Its that "free market" thing you often hear about.

On 2012-08-15 16:45:09 +0000, George said:

> On 8/15/2012 12:23 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:23:26 +0000 (UTC), gregz wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...icken-farmers/
>>>
>>
>> And how much of that $150 million will be going to Tyson, Smithfield,
>> and JBS/Swift?
>>
>> _None_ of that meat will be bought off of farmers. It will be bought
>> from the big conglomerates. The food will then be given away for free
>> to people who would otherwise not be buying it themselves. So the net
>> effect for Bob Farmer means he's not likely to get a significantly
>> better price for his stocks and will sell it earlier (younger) than
>> normal.
>
> Those companies are able to purchase far more politicians than the
> farmers can. Its that "free market" thing you often hear about.

It's a free country; everybody has the right to buy senators or
congressman whether they are fat or skinny, tall or short, left or
right, black or white, wealthy or extremely wealthy.