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I don't think food should be taxed, and I don't like the way big agri-business has taken over and put small farms out of business. And I don't think water should be taxed, and I believe we deserve clean, pure water to drink, and pesticide-free food to eat. I don't really think it's fair that now we as a people have to either buy bottled water, or filters, in order to have pure water. WE didn't pollute the water, business did.
As far it being non-profit, I don't know. Working a farm is HARD, I know, my mother was raised on a farm and my uncle had a working farm. I really think that, over the past 30 years, profit has become such a motivating factor in everything that it has polluted the capitalist model. There is nothing wrong with making a profit, but there is something seriously wrong with making a profit at the cost of health, and fairness, and the benefit of society. |
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But I do think that deregulation over the last 30 years (Reagan, Clinton, Bush) has not always been in the best public interest. |
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http://www.sierraclub.org/cleanwater/ http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/waterpollution.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_pollution http://www.nrdc.org/water/default.asp http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/archive/x1574803042 Quote:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_t...te_sales_taxes (look at shaded green) |
Yes, but even states like PA that have no sales tax on food/drugs/clothing, have plenty of hidden taxes that drive the cost of those items. Of course it's better than the states that do both.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture Lots of benefits to it. |
That's a pipe dream.
First of all, in order to grow food for the city on the surrounding land, you have to tear down the suburbs that are already there. The people that live on the fringes of the city, while they love the bucolic view, soon bitch about the smells, insects, dust, etc, that go along with agriculture. Now, the people of a particular city could get fresh veggies grown closer... in season. But, not every veggie can be grown everywhere, so the best you can hope for is some produce, some of the year, that costs more. But for grains, meat, tropical fruits, fugetaboutit.:headshake |
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Also, preventing excess water runoff is becoming a large issue in cities and methods or preventing runoff can easily coincide with urban agriculture. |
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