JW,
It's a chicken and egg situation here.
We can point out all the flaws within the system, we can do it in bold type and put seven exclamation points after it but until the law allows a free and unfettered market to function all we've ended up doing is whinning and bitching.
We've whinned and bitched about the quota system, the cwb adopted the contract system.
We've whinned and bitched about poor market signals they invented the PRO.
We've whinned and bitched about the government running the show, Ralph gave us elected dictators.
We whinned and bitched about poor cash flow and low initials, the cwb heard us and invented the FPC and the EPO's.
We pointed out fundemental flaws and the cwb did address them. The problem is they've only ever been addressed within the context maintaining the monopoly.
There is zero way for the cwb to address the freedom issue while at the same time still maintain the monopoly.
We asked for choice and they say the FPC's are choice.
A Free Market allows free interaction between buyer and seller. Without it there can be no arbitrage, without it there can be no market dynamic, without out it there is no ability to enter into meaningful contracts.
These things are what create wealth, and without that freedom, the wealth you seek can never be created.
The other major flaw with the "economics only" approach is that most of the die hard supporters of the curreent system are driven more by keeping the wealth out of others hans than they are in putting the wealth into their own hands.
Wayne Easter and Stewart Wells and Rod Flaman are driven to keep the wealth out of grain companies hands and "rich farmers" hands and they see success in achieving that end.
So when you say "The cwb cost me x amount this year" they say to themselves "Great, mission complete, another successful year"
The moral arguement about "freedom" is one they can not address, so they switch it to an economic issue and offer their side of the story to it, which then casts doubts about our sides economic argument and then were stuck spinning our wheels in limbo, where people just tune out.
The only thing the can say about "Freedom" is that it really isn't that big of a deal. And then try to get you to admit it as well.
Once they have accomplished that, they know they can fight you to a draw on the economics and they have always been able to maintain their monopoly status with that strategy. Why would they change a strategy when it has served them so well in the past?
So sorry JW, until our side is prepared to put the moral postion of "freedom" as the paramount issue, you might as well just accept that contract calls, PRO's, EPO's and FPC's will be the standard for many, many years to come.
It's a chicken and egg situation here.
We can point out all the flaws within the system, we can do it in bold type and put seven exclamation points after it but until the law allows a free and unfettered market to function all we've ended up doing is whinning and bitching.
We've whinned and bitched about the quota system, the cwb adopted the contract system.
We've whinned and bitched about poor market signals they invented the PRO.
We've whinned and bitched about the government running the show, Ralph gave us elected dictators.
We whinned and bitched about poor cash flow and low initials, the cwb heard us and invented the FPC and the EPO's.
We pointed out fundemental flaws and the cwb did address them. The problem is they've only ever been addressed within the context maintaining the monopoly.
There is zero way for the cwb to address the freedom issue while at the same time still maintain the monopoly.
We asked for choice and they say the FPC's are choice.
A Free Market allows free interaction between buyer and seller. Without it there can be no arbitrage, without it there can be no market dynamic, without out it there is no ability to enter into meaningful contracts.
These things are what create wealth, and without that freedom, the wealth you seek can never be created.
The other major flaw with the "economics only" approach is that most of the die hard supporters of the curreent system are driven more by keeping the wealth out of others hans than they are in putting the wealth into their own hands.
Wayne Easter and Stewart Wells and Rod Flaman are driven to keep the wealth out of grain companies hands and "rich farmers" hands and they see success in achieving that end.
So when you say "The cwb cost me x amount this year" they say to themselves "Great, mission complete, another successful year"
The moral arguement about "freedom" is one they can not address, so they switch it to an economic issue and offer their side of the story to it, which then casts doubts about our sides economic argument and then were stuck spinning our wheels in limbo, where people just tune out.
The only thing the can say about "Freedom" is that it really isn't that big of a deal. And then try to get you to admit it as well.
Once they have accomplished that, they know they can fight you to a draw on the economics and they have always been able to maintain their monopoly status with that strategy. Why would they change a strategy when it has served them so well in the past?
So sorry JW, until our side is prepared to put the moral postion of "freedom" as the paramount issue, you might as well just accept that contract calls, PRO's, EPO's and FPC's will be the standard for many, many years to come.
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