Subject: Re: [Homestead] A little (or a lot) of resistance pays off
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:30:21 -0500
On 2/5/2010 2:22 PM, Marie McHarry wrote:
Personally, I think it was part of a general trend in government to
make consumers terrified of everything.
Agreed. Plus I believe it was a convenient way to drive the little guy
out, which has for whatever reason been a goal for some time now,
beginning at least in the 70s and maybe before. For instance, the fee
structure had been designed so that large producers had a mere few
dollars to pay for entire herds numbering in the thousands, while small
producers had to pay by the head. That's only one of the devices used;
I'm glad to see the end of the whole blamed thing, although I will admit
I wanted to see somebody stand and microchip a hive of bees one by one.....