http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/07/good-news-argentine-agricultural-export-tax-defeated.html A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/07/good-news-argentine-agricultural-export-tax-defeated.html/comment-page-1#comment-29441 Rachel Laudan Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:25:25 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/?p=419#comment-29441 Agricultural policy is so, so tricky. Thanks for bringing me up to date. I look forward to lots more interaction. Agricultural policy is so, so tricky. Thanks for bringing me up to date. I look forward to lots more interaction.

]]> http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/07/good-news-argentine-agricultural-export-tax-defeated.html/comment-page-1#comment-29424 Myriam Mahiques Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:08:57 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/?p=419#comment-29424 Dear Rachel, after 2 years from your post, I regret to say this problem with the taxes and the farms´production still continues. I´m not really afraid for estancias´ owners, they are still wealthy. Worst of all is life for small production farms. Usually, the owners have a low income from the harvests and they have the obligation to respect a maximum price, that sometimes do not cover their expenses. I´ve seen farmers leaving the grapes rotten instead of picking them up, they couldn´t even afford the labor. We can´t blame on them, they have no choice. By the way, ¨cacerolazos¨ began during De La Rua´s presidency, it was a way to make the authorities to listen to the people. Thank you for your interest in my country, after all, it´s really beautiful and I miss it :) Myriam Dear Rachel, after 2 years from your post, I regret to say this problem with the taxes and the farms´production still continues. I´m not really afraid for estancias´ owners, they are still wealthy. Worst of all is life for small production farms. Usually, the owners have a low income from the harvests and they have the obligation to respect a maximum price, that sometimes do not cover their expenses. I´ve seen farmers leaving the grapes rotten instead of picking them up, they couldn´t even afford the labor. We can´t blame on them, they have no choice. By the way, ¨cacerolazos¨ began during De La Rua´s presidency, it was a way to make the authorities to listen to the people.
Thank you for your interest in my country, after all, it´s really beautiful and I miss it :)
Myriam

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