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Do we really need farmers? Are they costing the taxpayer more money than they are worth? I say yes, and I believe that these arguments are quite compelling.
As far as I'm concerned, they represent everything that is wrong with this country, and some!
Here's why they annoy me:-
1. They vote either Liberal, One Nation, National or Family First (except for those who are voting informal because they're illiterate!)
2. They breed intolerance and racial hatred through ignorance. Indeed, their racial hatred can be traced back to the earlier moments of European settlement and their attitudes to Aborigines and the resulting frontier violence.
3. They are conservative and resistant to change - this is from voting to religious values but has also invading farming practices whereby they continue to engage in practices that are unproductive, costly and environmentally damaging.
4. The whinge factor. Surely, I'm not the only one on this forum who nearly vomits when they here farmers complain about the effects of the drought (as if they are forced to remain on the land) only to turn and complain that when it does rain that it is either:-
(a) Too little, too late and not enough to save their crops; or
(b) Has caused widespread flooding and destroyed their grains, etc.
5. They are the biggest drain on our tax dollars and they have the audacity to whinge about Aborigines getting welfare benefits. If only Aborigines received half the inducements and benefits farmers' received, they may have something to complain about!
6. They are tax cheats - has anyone ever heard of a farmer actually declaring an income on a tax return?? If so, please notify the Guinness Book of Records!
7. Who else in this country gets interest free loans and subsidies on fuel?
I say, lets round these whinging, whining dogs up, put them all on Pitcairn Island (at taxpayer expense of course, in the true farming tradition!) and leave them to their own devices.
Who's up for a bit of rural resentment!
As far as I'm concerned, they represent everything that is wrong with this country, and some!
Here's why they annoy me:-
1. They vote either Liberal, One Nation, National or Family First (except for those who are voting informal because they're illiterate!)
2. They breed intolerance and racial hatred through ignorance. Indeed, their racial hatred can be traced back to the earlier moments of European settlement and their attitudes to Aborigines and the resulting frontier violence.
3. They are conservative and resistant to change - this is from voting to religious values but has also invading farming practices whereby they continue to engage in practices that are unproductive, costly and environmentally damaging.
4. The whinge factor. Surely, I'm not the only one on this forum who nearly vomits when they here farmers complain about the effects of the drought (as if they are forced to remain on the land) only to turn and complain that when it does rain that it is either:-
(a) Too little, too late and not enough to save their crops; or
(b) Has caused widespread flooding and destroyed their grains, etc.
5. They are the biggest drain on our tax dollars and they have the audacity to whinge about Aborigines getting welfare benefits. If only Aborigines received half the inducements and benefits farmers' received, they may have something to complain about!
6. They are tax cheats - has anyone ever heard of a farmer actually declaring an income on a tax return?? If so, please notify the Guinness Book of Records!
7. Who else in this country gets interest free loans and subsidies on fuel?
I say, lets round these whinging, whining dogs up, put them all on Pitcairn Island (at taxpayer expense of course, in the true farming tradition!) and leave them to their own devices.
Who's up for a bit of rural resentment!

