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2009-03-02 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-03-02 12:13|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 About the stupidest effin thing I've heard of.

So let me get this straight: gonna put a dust tax and fart tax on agriculture (you know, that major US export) and run everyone into the red, then what: Bail them out with a bigger farm package? Seize their land and sell it to big boys? Turn it into a big hunting ground for east coast lawyers?

Besides the obvious army of regulators whats gonna happen when states start contesting whether dust is local or blown in from another state? Could states sue the sahara countries for compensation? Whaddabout all that crap thrown up by a forest fire or that shovel ready pork chop express road construction?

When counties reach "non-attainment" levels, it becomes a state's responsibility to bring the county back into acceptable levels.
Gonna pass the regulatory buck down to the state huh? Claim the 12th and tell the EPA to sod off.

Compared to the shortage of food (expensive food will be the least worry) and loss of the farming culture, perhaps a relavent quote from someone smarter than I:

I've got a hundred people down here, and they're covered with dust.
Dust? Who gives a sh!t about dust? Who the f@k is this?

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-03-02 15:33|| 2009-03-02 15:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Go anywhere in the agricultural areas of this country during the spring or fall and you'll get "Farm Dust". Sometimes it smells good, too.

Me thinks this is a ploy by the EPA (and their evil goracle masters) to get their fingers (and more unqualified personnel - Look! New Jobs!) deeper into the agricultural and mostly non-industrial, low-polluting states (except for those pesky manure slurry 'accidents' and fertilizer runoff during a flood). This little 'perceived danger' would justify their increased presence in these areas when it comes to budget time. Plus, they'd have the 'mandate' to snoop around.

In the past, they may have been met with angry dogs, evil geese or a load of #4 rock salt.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-03-02 15:43|| 2009-03-02 15:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Why not - they force commercial fishermen to hire non-fishing 'observers' to make sure that they aren't fishing for the 'wrong' kind of fish.

When all they have to do is have people inspect the catch when they boat pulls up to the dock (or processing ship) to unload.

They are trying to do the same to Farmers that they did the Lumbermen and are trying with the fishermen.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-03-02 16:25|| 2009-03-02 16:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Nothing is safe. We must regulate everything out of existance.

That is precisely what this is all about. You can expect to see more and more bizarre crap like this as we move to the end stage of this insanity.

Personally, I don't think fighting this in court is what needs to happen. Time to give these folks the big middle finger, and when they try and enforce this...well, Iowa is a big place lots of places that things can get lost.

Posted by Trader_DFW 2009-03-02 21:42|| 2009-03-02 21:42|| Front Page Top

#5 So the EPA will drive all farm crops out of the country and we will import our food. But we will not be able to do that because we will go bankrupt paying taxes for this foolishness.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-03-02 22:02|| 2009-03-02 22:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't worry about that. I'm sure Obama will issue some Directive that you cannot fire anyone, nor can you quit your job, or close your business....

(sorry don't have the Directive # from Atlas Shrugged on me right now....)

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-03-02 23:31|| 2009-03-02 23:31|| Front Page Top

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