From our article, Farming Today Is Still a Risky Business
(Blog No:1. This article was published the first time in August 2018)
Australia farming and their present problems
Dear readers, this blog contains only one third of my original article, we will write the rest of it in our next blogs. but let us start our article, as it appeared in hub pages. This article is the beginning of several articles written in Australia, so, they have an Australian point of view.
So, I am writing this article, “Farming Today Is Still a Risky Business”,
because everybody is talking about it. The problem is the drought that is
ruining farming and there is no end in sight. Now I want to say that I am
writing this article for two reasons: One is to talk about the farmers problems
that the drought is causing, and the failure of the government to help them;
when they know that these things happen in Australia easily, because Australia
is the driest continent on earth.
Now,
this farmers problem gives me the opportunity to talk about the Australian
government failure to help the farmers and other people, because they are in
the same position as the farmer, according to the present, Social Security
System, which I believe it is faulty; but it can be improved.
Now,
let me explain, the farmers and some other people are cut off the Social
Security System, because they own properties, so, the assets-test eliminate
them to receive help, even when they need help like the farmers today. So, this
article is going to be the first article, followed by several other articles
about the Australian politician’s failure to help people in need.
We
may argue that the farmers are rich people, so, they must be the last people to
receive money from the government. Okay, you are right; but when the farmers
reach a stage, where they cannot run their farms anymore, because they have no
money; I believe that the government should step in and help them, even if it
is a free loan, to be paid back when the farms produce enough and the are in a
position to pay that loan. This is only a suggestion, and there are other ways
that the government can help.
I
believe that what is happening to the farmers today, it has happened before,
so, I want to point out that this is the same old failure that most governments
have. You see, what is happening in Australia now, brings back my life-time
memories, which are two folds: one is that farming is a risky business, because
the nature of farming is risky, since the weather and other things influence
the outcome, as we can see from this drought that today is crippling the
Australian farmers; the other is about how the government fails to help the
farmers even today, when help is urgently needed.
I
believe that today we are more advanced, so, these things should be easier to
understand and control, if everything can be worked out and organized, before
these things happen. Now, I may have started to write this article for the
farmers, but there are other things and places that the government is failing
to do the right things, so, I will be writing several articles, to point out
what I believe can be done to fix them; but let us go back to talk about the
farmers.
Anyhow,
I want to compare what I know from my life experiences, to what is happening
now in Australia. I must say that it is like when I was young, the Italian
government wanted only to collect the land tax from us farmers, because we
owned some land, even when the land did not produce anything; they still wanted
the land tax, and that was hurting us farmers. You see, we old people will always
go back and compare present happenings to the past and then have our say,
therefore, let me tell you part of my life story, to compare the past with the
present.
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Compare
old and new farming problems
When
I was young, I have been working in our family farm in Southern Italy for
twelve years, I gave up farming because we worked hard but made very little
money. During the time that I was working in the farm, I remember two very bad
years for us farmers; one of this was in 1951 when we had a drought and the
wheat and other crops completely failed. We harvested what we could, but there
was no much in it; the second time was in 1960, this time was too much rain, we
again harvested what we could with the same result, we made about twice as much
as the seeds we used for sowing, now that is bad because a good harvest is ten
times plus what you sow, at least that is what we believed then. Anyhow, also
the farm animals did not do well, because there wasn’t enough good food to go around;
so, these events made me think to give up farming, since it is too risky, and
you work for next to nothing.
But
not all farms were the same, so, let me explain, some people that had more land
and more money than us, had enough money to keep going, but I could not do that
because my family didn’t own enough land, so, I had to find another way to earn
a living. For this reason, I migrated to Australia hoping for the best. In
Australia I switched job and instead of farming, I worked in the building industry;
but in the back of my mind, I always thought about the farmers and their risky
business.
Anyhow,
most people in Australia were and are thinking that farmers are rich people;
well, some of them are rich and some are not, when everything goes well, it is
okay, but they are still running a risky business, and their business can lose
money easily.
Now,
the worst part of running a business and losing money; it is when people think
you are rich, and therefore, nobody cares about you, even if you are starving.
As it happens, farmers are at the top of this disadvantaged list, because
farming is very risky; you see, most time it depends from the weather, but the
farmers have no control over the weather, then, they own a lot of land, (they
might even be paying tax because they own this land, (like we did in Italy in
the fifties) but I don’t know much about this issue). The farmers are
self-employed, so, they don’t qualify for help from the government, because
they are self-employed and because of the assets-test. I believe that the
assets-test should not apply in special cases, if you cannot make any money
even if you work hard to earn it, the assets-test should not apply. I believe,
that this is what is wrong with the assets-test today, they don’t consider if you
can make money, from what you have? And how much money you can make from your
assets? We are going to say something about the assets-test later, where we
will be talking also about the assets test for rental property owners. To do
all this, we are going to write several articles, so, we invite you to follow
us.
Now
let me go back to the farmers issues, because life problems never come alone.
You see, it is the federal government that can help the farmers, but the
federal government is having trouble today, as we will explain in our next blog.
See you soon.
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This is Menfranco general blog
Australia farming problems
IS TO BE CONTINUED;
Next time with; Life problems never come alone
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Other links from same author
http://publicreligiousforum.yolasite.com
http://menfranconewworldorder.yolasite.com
https://sites.google.com/site/menfrancoreconciliation/
https://sites.google.com/site/prayersofreconciliation/
https://sites.google.com/site/godintheuniverse/
See you soon in our blog, Life problems never come alone
See you soon.
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