Market Farming

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Very good, but I didn't say FB doesn't lobby, I said it doesn't
"legislate". Legislate as in actually writing laws. It's only a lobby, and
the big money that counts works through many other fronts as well.

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On 10/10/2002 at 11:31 AM Leigh Hauter wrote:

>>  It would help to keep in
>>mind that FB does not legislate agricultural or consumer policy, but is
>>only a small influence on the Big Picture.
>
>I'm sorry, the fb spends a lot of its members' money lobbying in dc. 
>And while the fb might be good in some local areas, nationally it 
>always sides with big business, big ag. Just look at where it threw 
>its muscle with the recent farm bill -- Corporate farms over family 
>farms. Big money over working farmers.  This isn't speculation, these 
>are facts.  Think of any aspect of the farm bill where the interests 
>of family farms came in conflict with large corporate interests and 
>then look at the record.  The FB was on the side of big money.
>