[Vision2020] Crop Subsidies and Greg Vance

Mon, 24 May 2004 15:51:33 EDT

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Pat, how kind of you to instruct me.  Do I think farmers are all on easy 
street?  Hardly.  Do I think logging families, the vast majority of UI staff 
employees, students working at McDonalds, or minimum wage workers have an easy time 
of it?  Hardly.  My point, in case you missed it is this:  The loudest 
enthusiasts toward welfare "reform," limited education support, and a general 
meanspirtied stinginess toward  "public benefit" funding almost always comes from 
the "conservative" (read that right wing "Tax Payer" parties) side of the 
political fence.  That is certainly the case in Idaho.  If you read the link, you 
will note that there were some very generous checks written to residents of SE 
Idaho - a people not generally marked by their noteworthy generosity to 
outsiders.  And, by the way, it is hardly a news flash that I show my ignorance 
fairly frequently, but I hope that my even my ignorance is graced by compassion, 
particularly for those who are not able to enjoy the same opportunities and 
circumstances that I have been blessed with.  
Rose Huskey

Once you lose integrity everything else is easy.

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<DIV>Pat, how kind of you to instruct me.&nbsp; Do I think farmers are all o=
n easy street?&nbsp; Hardly.&nbsp; Do I think logging families, the vast maj=
ority of UI staff employees, students working at McDonalds, or&nbsp;minimum=20=
wage workers have an easy time of it?&nbsp; Hardly.&nbsp; My point, in case=20=
you missed it is this:&nbsp; The loudest&nbsp;enthusiasts toward welfare "re=
form," limited education support, and a general meanspirtied stinginess towa=
rd&nbsp; "public benefit" funding almost always comes from the "conservative=
"&nbsp;(read that right wing "Tax Payer" parties) side of the political fenc=
e.&nbsp; That is certainly the case in Idaho.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you read the lin=
k, you will note that there were some very generous checks written to reside=
nts of SE Idaho - a people not generally marked by their noteworthy generosi=
ty to outsiders.&nbsp; And, by the way, it is hardly a news flash that I sho=
w my ignorance fairly frequently, but I hope that my even my&nbsp;ignorance=20=
is graced by compassion, particularly for those who are not able to enjoy th=
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<DIV>Rose Huskey</DIV>
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