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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
My Dad used to say that thing about poor farmers but that was in the days befor BSE and foot and mouth and milk quotas and people losing their homes and their land because they couldn't keep up the repayments on the remortgages they'd taken out to cover expenses incurred in trying to maintain the property etc. These days you'd have a harder job finding a rich farmer round here than a poor one!
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get the violins out! .. farmers were compensated 110% for the foot and mouth and BSE outbreaks. also take a look at this
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Royal farms get £1m from taxpayers
there is also a pdf file on this page that shows the millions in subsides paid to UK farmers, along with tax credits and relief ,farmers reiceve more in benifits than any workers. quite apt for the title thread...
"more snouts in the public trough"