**MOD NOTE UPDATED**Limerick woman complains about living in 3 bed house with 4 kids

saywhatyousee

IrishAm wrote: »

If it is keeping us alive, then why does it need to be subsidised to such an extent?

I mightn't have ever worked on a farm, but Ive worked to subsidise them. And will have to do so for as long as I remain in this country.

The reason why farmers are subsidised is to keep food affordable for the masses not to give them pocket money.If there were no farm sudsidies you would probably pay 15 euro for a chicken

micropig

Farmers are the baby daddy?:D


Doubt it, They know the facts of life..it's vital to their job:pac:


We could set up a FAS training course for those uneducated about contraception. Get the farmers to teach it. Extra source of income for them, it'd cut out the subsidies and lower the birth rate of certain sectors




*Interesting side note: Farmers can also carry out castration if necessary, plenty of practice on the young bulls;):D

grenache

IrishAm wrote: »

We would all be better off if these subsidies were scrapped and food prices were allowed to find their own level. The average joe is scrimping on by, paying his rent and subsidising these chaps just because their great granda was part of a land grab during the WoI. Load of bollix.

Tell you something, you'd be a very hungry boy if those subsidies were scrapped. Your world of utopian agrarian economics simply doesn't exist.

Perhaps you should write a strongly worded letter to Brussels showing your disgust at farmers, subsidies, and all things rural.

IrishAm

saywhatyousee wrote: »

The reason why farmers are subsidised is to keep food affordable for the masses not to give them pocket money.If there were no farm sudsidies you would probably pay 15 euro for a chicken

Two billion euro goes to 44,000 farmers. If they are viable as businesses, they would survive, subsidy or no. If not, they wont.

In short, let the market find its own level.

IrishAm

grenache wrote: »

Perhaps you should write a strongly worded letter to Brussels showing your disgust at farmers, subsidies, and all things rural.

I would prefer Dublin to become an independent state, but neither has much chance of happening. Alas.

micropig

IrishAm wrote: »

Two billion euro goes to 44,000 farmers. If they are viable as businesses, they would survive, subsidy or no. If not, they wont.

In short, let the market find its own level.

Shouldn't we be giving them an allowance for keeping an eye out for crime in rural areas, now all the local police station's are closing?:p


Anyway would the type of person we are discussing in this thread survive with no subsides?

bgrizzley

youve a very shuttered view Irisham. ive no connection with farmers apart from being neighbours, but imo if it wasnt for them pouring that 2 billion into their local economies there would be a damn sight more people on the dole today.

do you even live here, i've never heard a paddy using the word garbage before (except maybe from under a bridge )

El Weirdo

Okay After Hours, we've managed to turn a thread that started out about vilifying a woman in Limerick wanting a bigger house into a thread about farmers and the rural/urban divide and the personal digs that go with it.

I think it's safe to say that we're all done here.

Well done and thanks for your input.