tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102682793216780107.post701068568093433823..comments2023-07-25T09:50:31.131-05:00Comments on Panhandle Poetry and Other Thoughts: New Competition for BeefChris McClure aka Panhandle Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276465051258888541noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102682793216780107.post-19721694378741398652008-04-15T12:49:00.000-05:002008-04-15T12:49:00.000-05:00You get my vote for a well written and succinct an...You get my vote for a well written and succinct analysis here. <BR/><BR/>Politicians are driven by their own self interests. They don't care what the consequences of their actions are for hundreds of thousands of people if it gets them a 15 second sound bite on the evening news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102682793216780107.post-44834875244339646172008-04-14T10:47:00.000-05:002008-04-14T10:47:00.000-05:00The trucker - wow I cannot even imagineThe trucker - wow I cannot even imagineSandy Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542892044386717213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102682793216780107.post-41831853517690317312008-04-12T22:06:00.000-05:002008-04-12T22:06:00.000-05:00Sue: You're comparing apples and oranges. Beef p...Sue: You're comparing apples and oranges. Beef producers will adjust and recover because they do operate in one of the freest, most capitalistic markets left on the planet. What is sad is that misguided federal mandates are eroding that market.Chris McClure aka Panhandle Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276465051258888541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102682793216780107.post-64402153398857916472008-04-12T19:05:00.000-05:002008-04-12T19:05:00.000-05:00Isn't this what a capitalist market is about, cons...Isn't this what a capitalist market is about, consumers making choices about what they want to use their money for? And, in a capitalist market, some businesses fail, if beef farmers fail, because there is a lack of demand for their product, what's the harm in that? Can't they see it's creative destruction, and thta they just have to make way for new forms of investment (like the steel workers sgreerpitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764262558160301061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102682793216780107.post-37748063146220429342008-04-11T12:18:00.000-05:002008-04-11T12:18:00.000-05:00Nice posting!An interest aside is that in all the ...Nice posting!<BR/><BR/>An interest aside is that in all the talk about recession, people are not blaming high gas prices. <BR/><BR/>People are paying more to get around, and if that's pushing up supply costs, we'll have to pay for that as well. I haven't read of a decline in demand for beef, but let me know from your end.<BR/><BR/>I too think that growth of other economies is a good thing.<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102682793216780107.post-92017469344728535292008-04-11T09:12:00.000-05:002008-04-11T09:12:00.000-05:00Cowboy: I'm not sure that war is particularly new...Cowboy: I'm not sure that war is particularly new....Chris McClure aka Panhandle Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276465051258888541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102682793216780107.post-1368709018768284122008-04-11T08:15:00.000-05:002008-04-11T08:15:00.000-05:00It may create a new war - farmer vs. cattlemen!It may create a new war - farmer vs. cattlemen!cowboy55https://www.blogger.com/profile/02212467258504066027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102682793216780107.post-64760707216024593942008-04-10T20:39:00.000-05:002008-04-10T20:39:00.000-05:00misguided regulations!..dont get me started!:)misguided regulations!..dont get me started!:)WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.com