cwb extravagance

[TOM4CWB]

Vader;

Thanks for proving my point...

VADER... perhaps the difference should be paid out of Chairman Ritter's and Secretary Hill's Retainer?

IMHO this would be fair if you ask me!

Strange how the HISTORY books have all been rewritten in your library...

Amazing what POWER, WEALTH, and Arrogance does.

Perfect example?

The POOLS in 1930!

Knew better than everyone else!

CWB is following the same foot steps.

SICK!

GUESS why we got the CWB in 1935 Vader.

UGG used Risk Management... the pools did not.

What is different today? Talk about history repeating itself!

[silverback]

Vader,

No comments about your directors?
Funny. Oh well, back to the same old thing.

[Vader]

Why we got the CWB in 1935 was because farmers figured out that they needed it and had been lobbying long and hard.

[TOM4CWB]

Vader;

It couldn't be that the pools helped take the AB gov. down with us in the 1930's;

Because of this goofy risk management idea of holding all of the risk ourselves?

Charlie; like to share why the Feds let even the AB gov. fall into arrears in the 30's...

I sure would be interested in learning about this history.

[wd9]

Vader, just wanted to say thankyou for keeping on posting despite it seems you are alone, which I know you are not, you're just brave enough to post. We all learn a lot by hearing different sides and arguments, so keep it coming. If you didn't there would only be a couple one sided posts and that would be the end. So keep it up.

[lakenheath]

You guys are pathetic. Damn right the CWB directors should fly 1st Class. The CWB is a world class organization. They have a reputation to uphold and an image to portray. You guys are like sad politicians grasping at any little thing to kick and scream about. Get a grip.

[ALLFARMER]

lakenheath

Do you currently farm? & deal with the CWB and if you do for how many years have you grown board grains?

[lakenheath]

I farm and deal with the CWB....why?

[wedino]

Lakenheath, I don't see how flying 1st class has anything to do with building reputation. The image portrayed is one of pompous arrogance. You would think, when they are paying less than COP they would show some restraints with their spending. Vader posted below that his family is starving due to the low prices the cwb is paying. sheesh!!

[Vader]

wedino. My family is not starving. The low prices for wheat and barley are not low because of the CWB. They are low because the supply exceeds the current demand by a measley 135 million tonnes.

Lets make a corporate decision to plant 135 million less acres of wheat next year and see what the price would do. Normal plantings yield over 600 million tonnes. Let's just everybody grow 25 percent less wheat all over the world and I suspect we would make more money than anyone's wildest expectations.

In fact I would like a "do over". Lets all not put any wheat up for sale until a customer comes and asks for it. Then we will set the price and grow under contract for those who are willing to pay the asking price. So let's manage the supply instead of growing as much as is humanly possible with all of todays technology and then "hanging it all out" for the whole world to see.

On the subject of the post. Most businesses who want their people to fly overseas and then expect them to be able to conduct business use first class. I flew overseas as a tourist. Jet lag can seriously hamper your ability to function for some time after the flight. It's ok if you have a couple of weeks to recover and all you are going to do is some sightseeing. I don't think that farmers who want to be represented properly by the CWB in Hong Kong have a problem with Directors flying first class.

[agstar77]

The two WCWGA people are just tourist's. I don't really want their contribution. They usually just cause us headaches.

[mudinyoureye]

At least the two Wheat Growers are there on their own nickel, or the nickel of those farmers who support them, which is more than I can say for the 4 first-class tourists from the CWB. These CWB politicians always seem to know what's good for me, and are so morally bankrupt that they have no problem dipping into the pool accounts to spend MY money on THEIR political agenda.

That's the difference here Agstar. You don't want the Wheat Growers contribution. Fine, then don't support them. But where's my choice? Because of this monopoly I'm forced to contribute to Ritter's line of crap whether I want to or not.