BCITORGB wrote:
TnT, I also think it would be interesting to find his opinion of the
large corporate farms (perhaps not in MN, I don't know) that do get
subsidies in any number of ways (water being just one of them). How
does he feel about his hard-earned money going into the pockets of
the
corporate types? And, further, ensuring that guys like me, in Canada,
get to eat cheap oranges that don't come anywhere close to reflecting
the "real" cost of production (if the real cost of water where
factored
into the equation). If he's upset, he deserves to be.

frtzw906

Frtzw, in Mn, there is usually not a problem with too little water,
more likely to much. I doubt whether the Corp farm gets much subsidy
that way. As I understand, he gets to put his hard earned money in his
own pocket, less taxes, so I am not sure that the Corps. get any of
that either. He actually seems to be rather happy with the arrangement
where by he works on their farms, and lives on his free and clear in
the country. As to you eating Ca. oranges that I suppose are being
subsidized by US taxpayers through our Gov. and its water policy,
hopefully they taste good. I know we enjoy them also. TnT