Why No One Loves A Farmer
Well, we took away their land, poured concrete on their fields, and placed box stores on every corner and yet the American farmer has managed to survive.
Fifty years ago the largest obstacle to a farmer’s success were the forces of nature, droughts, frost, tornadoes, and hurricanes, but now it’s the government.
Because when commodity prices are low for wheat, rice, corn, and oats nobody cares about the little old farmer. So environmental agencies like the EPA sweep in and reclaim lands, and turn once fertile ground into wild life habitats to save creatures like the endangered suckerfish, the woodcock, and the whooping crane. Because in the minds of all those urban Sierra Club members, saving a creature from extinction is far more important then the farmer.
And since our economy isn’t dependant on agriculture and we’re importing Washington Apples from Mexico cheaper then what it costs to grow them in Washington, then why does it really matter what happens to the farmer?
That is of course until commodity prices rise, and McDonald’s french fries, bacon cheeseburgers, and a slice of pizza all cost more, then we care because the farmer is gauging us. And since we don’t like being ripped off we’ll spend billions to figure out a plan to keep the farmer poor so we can eat on the cheap because after all isn’t that’s the American way?
