mtwehn
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« Reply #25 on: October 18, 2006, 02:52:02 PM » |
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Fellas, Supply never, ever, affects Demand. Prices affect demand, not supply. You can figure out the rest of the equation. This is a exact relica of the farm problems of the 80's and steel problem of the 70's - present. If people can buy crabs cheaper from somewhere else and save their money for other things, they will. Maryalnds watermen have seen this coming for some time, and many of you make a substantial point that crying about it will not get anyting done, without action soon, watermen will fade as their way of life does too. Same as the American Steel worker, American Auto worker (present day), American Farmer, American Mule Skinner ... Pointing fingers will not work now. The time for action is upon the watermen. Unfortunatly nothing stays the same and with crab populations hurting from polution and over harvesting in the bay complicating the matter, SACRAFICES will have to be made. No one likes it, but it's the truth. I hate it myself, I wish I could have seen my Great-Grandfathers bay, and kept his farm, and [dang] the condos and housing devlopments swallowing both. But the death of the American working man is a scarring truth. However, this is not a country built on farming or on working the water. Look through history books for my meaning on that. This is a country built on constantly reallocating its resources to new industries and passing old ones off to cheaper labor. Textile mills started in the north, moved down south, and now they are in China. Reality is not pretty, OR FAIR.
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