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<blockquote data-quote="Bigfoot" data-source="post: 996769" data-attributes="member: 17956"><p>The money comes from the tobacco companies. They got fat off the government. This is just the grease off their hind ends getting cooked. </p><p></p><p>Prior to this the government only controlled how much was raised, and set a floor on prices. They are out all together. If you raise tobacco now, you work for the companies. </p><p></p><p>It's such a localized thing it's really hard to explain. Here is what raising tobacco was like prior to the settlement-----------It's kind of like if you had an artesian well on your place that boiled out nickels. The government told you for years that you could only roll x amount of nickels per year. No matter how many nickels your well spits out. Then you could only trade those nickels for pennies, and you could trade with one of three companies. It's all very confusing, you just know there is money pouring on the ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigfoot, post: 996769, member: 17956"] The money comes from the tobacco companies. They got fat off the government. This is just the grease off their hind ends getting cooked. Prior to this the government only controlled how much was raised, and set a floor on prices. They are out all together. If you raise tobacco now, you work for the companies. It's such a localized thing it's really hard to explain. Here is what raising tobacco was like prior to the settlement-----------It's kind of like if you had an artesian well on your place that boiled out nickels. The government told you for years that you could only roll x amount of nickels per year. No matter how many nickels your well spits out. Then you could only trade those nickels for pennies, and you could trade with one of three companies. It's all very confusing, you just know there is money pouring on the ground. [/QUOTE]
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