The new regulations, first proposed August 31 by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, would also revoke the governmentâs approval of safety training and certification taught by independent groups like 4-H and FFA, replacing them instead with a 90-hour federal government training course
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Thanks for sharing that. I think that's the general sentiment of most small farmers and ranchers from the little I hear about it discussed on talk radio. It's depressing and troubling to me to see the bigger guys dominate the food supply. The FDA and (largely) Monsanto have a revolving door and they market toxic crap. It's at the point where I'm beside myself at the level of corruption going on. I want to rage, but rage to who. If we give up, it won't be 10 years before the Country goes to hell imo. Tell somebody and you sound like negative nancy. Joke about it and ur a meaningless tart with no place in history.
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Your balanced view is noted, sir. Thank you.
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I see where you are coming from, I just find it hard to envision this getting past the Farm Bureau, which is quietly one the most powerful lobbies in the nation.
OTOH, I can also see how this is a scheme to further undermine the family farms and allow a quiet war that has been going on here in the heartland for quite some time between family farms and big agribusiness to continue.
It would be a tragedy and over time destroy rural America. The work ethic here is amazing, even among the very young.
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It's flyover country, who gives a damn? If I had one great political regret, it will be that I actually influenced some people by deriding Sarah Palin's real Americans, line. She's a country gal herself, and frankly, the GOP fed her to the wolves. She had no prep time, and had to speak from the heart, she is not a politician because she does not have to be. In the rural America a handshake will still do.
That is changing fast tho. Monsanto and ADM an many of the other big boys want these farmers to sell out, or serve. We grow seed corn and soybeans in this area primarily, so it is big business.
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Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning RCG? You certainly have gotten on the wrong side of this issue for a liberturd. Aren't you going to cheer lead your president for yet another attempted power grab at controlling the little people? People who feed us and are some of the most productive in the world with moral and character values rarely seen in the city.

Two curse words in two sentences right off the bat. Now you're acting like the liberturd you really are. You can thank me later for bringing you back to the liberturd reality you've created in your little mind. Carry on night shift nursy.Quote from RCG Trader:
Beta, get out of your mother's basement and travel a bit. You are truly one of the stupidest fucks I have ever seen, on or offline, and that says a hell of a lot![]()