Where are all the Birthers and Town Halling Tea Baggers, screaming they want their country back from these communist dairy farmers?

wow..that's was a beautiful post. is this where you say kum-by-a? oh,,,,and tolerance for other people's views?
now that's funny right there.

Not one dime. Where's mcymatt on this?

I'm "tolerant" of all views but it sure is amusing to see an article covering the Soviet-style central planning board of the state discussing what to do so farmers receive a "reasonable" price for milk, instead of the price the market can offer...with nary a peep from the sort of people who go batsh1t crazy over the idea of a public option in healthcare of even medicare-for-all.

Like the lack of property tax relief. Like environmental regulation. Labor regulation. The high cost of fuel. Taxes. Government interference in markets.
In my brother-in-law's case direct competition from the government for land. He used to be able to rent from landowners around him in Bradford county but they get more money per acre from the government (us) to not till it and he has to buy feed instead of growing it which inflates his costs. And lowers his profits.
Thank God Governor Rendell is all over this crisis.

Don't know about batsh1t but I go apesh1t over public option in healthcare and I do the same about bailing out dairy farmers too! I personally know two dairy farmers and they've got more then most people ever dream of! Hundreds of thousands of dollars of vacation properties and take five and six vacations to them yearly. Yeah, they need help!

Rendell wants ideas? Here's an idea: Scrap the Milk Marketing Board, and leave the farmers the HE77 alone!!!!!

Sorry for taking so long Reese. I did not see the article.



Great Idea! But that will limit control. The farmers could charge more for their product. Aint regulation great.

The point of the Milk Board is to keep milk price high so that farmers earn a "reasonable" wage. Without it, milk prices would plummet and some dairy farmers would go out of business (supply greatly exceeds demand).

Europe is facing a similar "crisis" (http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1925163,00.html) and dairy famers there have taken to dumping it on their fields to protest that they might have to allow the market to set the price of milk.

how to help dairy farmers-
1- wake up really really early.
2- drive to dairy farmer's barn.
3- help milk cows.

repeat with every dairy farm you can reach within a few miles.