This article has nothing to do with farming except that most if not all farmers are probably not in the 1%. Everyone I know is either out of a job, has a job but is scated they will lose it, or working harder than normal to keep the job they have. All the while they are losing ground economically and having great difficulty making ends meet. In farming, you have very little control over the prices you get and have zero control over the price you pay for fuel, supplies, seed and everything else to farm. This article is very eye opening about the wide split in this country between those that have it all and those that do not. Here in Texas, the Legislature this year is working very hard to be sure the 1% keep all of theirs while the rest of us congtribute and give up so they can have it. |