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Thursday, April 23, 2015

BUT WHO WOULD SEIZE YOUR RAISINS?


Abolish the National Raisin Reserve



The National Raisin Reserve — which is overseen by the Fresno-based Raisin Administrative Committee — is part of post-World War II-era program that forces raisin producers to give part of their annual crop to the government to prevent an oversupply of the dried fruit. Controversially, the program seizes the raisins from the farmers without paying them, and that has created friction,

Oh, so THAT'S the controversial part - there's no payment. Well, well... I thought the controversial part might have had something to do with the fact that an organization exists that has the power to do virtually anything it wants to hard working farmers, and people in general, at it's whim, while waving flags and guns around and saying that we're not patriotic. Silly me.

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