tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post1804269806535624984..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Manitoba potatoes - again! [updated 2]Eric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-64666812054246638382010-05-23T13:59:49.559+12:002010-05-23T13:59:49.559+12:00I haven't a clue - email spud!I haven't a clue - email spud!Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-18585484327259903222010-05-22T12:21:05.344+12:002010-05-22T12:21:05.344+12:00this is "djh". what can i do for you?this is "djh". what can i do for you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-53067957328135659492010-04-16T16:15:19.075+12:002010-04-16T16:15:19.075+12:00looking for blogger "djh" please email m...looking for blogger "djh" please email me at spud@mts.netspudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-84018115243486664242010-04-06T07:54:34.629+12:002010-04-06T07:54:34.629+12:00I find it disturbing that governments can be press...I find it disturbing that governments can be pressured by those who want to control the markets on various things.<br /><br />It's almsost scary that a person can't sell an apple off his tree now days without being taxed,or having someone say that's illegal.<br /><br />I think where I live,the community would be up in arms if they could not sell things that are grown right in there garden at a farmer's market.<br /><br />Farmers market's consist of the small growers,some with gardens only 10 feet,by ten feet.<br /><br />It feels like my rights would be taken away if the law said I can't sell my potatos.<br /><br />I'm right there with you guys,and I'd protest right beside you.<br /><br />I hope you beat this law.It just feels so wrong that big companies can pressure a government enough to cause something that feels so wrong,and on so many levels.<br /><br />It happened to the small time grocer,and now it's happening with potatos of all cases.<br /><br />Please keep us updated Eric.I want to let my teachers know in school about this.<br /><br />Elizabeth in the U.S.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958432867731580023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-31746868873081825532010-04-02T07:44:00.715+13:002010-04-02T07:44:00.715+13:00Well, yes it seems that in the US, Canada, UK, and...Well, yes it seems that in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe, the state exists mostly to give rent seekers ability to collect rents and block competition. Its always done in the name of a lofty goal, but the end result is always the same.Doc Merlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-88994424235196029812010-04-01T16:26:18.815+13:002010-04-01T16:26:18.815+13:00Another planet, or NZ thirty years ago? Canada ha...Another planet, or NZ thirty years ago? Canada has yet to have its '84. The catfish story is good. I think I'd seen some more recent updates where they had to change species definitions again.<br /><br />We don't know how lucky we are in this country, we don't know how lucky ... we aarrrrreeee.....Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-47190749119530283902010-04-01T15:12:13.828+13:002010-04-01T15:12:13.828+13:00I love reading things like this Eric! Compared to...I love reading things like this Eric! Compared to New Zealand's hands off approach to agriculture, all this sounds like something from another planet.<br /><br />The whole trade protectionism thing and how it dovetails nice with pork-belly politics is fansinating:<br /><br />Bernard Hickey's rendition of politics of Vietnamese Catfish had me in hysterics. Except its serious...<br /><br />http://www.interest.co.nz/ratesblog/index.php/2008/09/24/why-an-american-free-trade-deal-is-ludicrous-and-dangerous-idea/James Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05832675898178869721noreply@blogger.com