Ender100@aol.com
Date: 10/28/02-09:41:03 PM Z
In the US, it is partially because no one can make a living off of the small
family farm anymore... that loaf of bread that costs you dearly.... maybe
about 5 cents goes to the farmer. You can't even own farmland as an
investment anymore.
In a message dated 10/28/02 9:55:34 PM, jseigel@panix.com writes:
<< Greg, I daresay you know more about the *particulars* than I do, but the
trend overall in rural areas is for people to LEAVE the land, and move to
the cities, in search of --- I dunno, a more exciting life? Or maybe they
don't own the land, just work on it? Whatever, in the cities they need
jobs and there are few for them, hence they live in squalor,pollute the
rivers with human waste, etc... >>
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