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brentspeak

(18,290 posts)
Sun May 4, 2014, 08:59 AM May 2014

Michigan Ag Board which ruled against small farmers are all Rick Snyder appointees

The Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development which last week handed down a ruling which will effectively outlaw small-scale farms -- thus, eliminating a burgeoning marketplace rival to Big Agriculture (which lobbied to have small-scale farm legal protections removed) -- are all Rick Snyder appointees.

A long time ago, before MBAs took control of the nation's news media, a show entitled 60 Minutes might have done a hard-hitting segment on this blatant case of Big Government helping Big Business squash the little guy...

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