[1rudeboy]

And now we are getting to the nut of the problem: how high do you think we should raise taxes on ourselves so that alfalfa farmers can charge us more for their product?

[blueplum]

I don't think it's a matter of raising taxes but a matter for diplomacy and trade agreements. There shouldn't be a plethora of empty ships headed back to China - they should be filled to the gills with American product. It's not free trade if it's largely one-sided.

And then there's the side angle that, while the enviroweenies want to eradicate every cow from the prairie in the USA, we're raising crops to feed more cows elsewhere.