Rural crisis
Sir, —The skull and crossbones flies over farming as we are pillaged — “New Zealand the Jolly Roger Way” (“The Press” Business Review). Pirate captain “S.M.P.” Muldoon raped farming incomes to pay off the power blackmail of unions and carry out deferred maintenance of big business neglect (upgrading freezing works) so the “country” could benefit from exports. Along comes Admiral “Blackbeard” Douglas to deliver the coup-de-grace in the form of an asset-stripping operation which must make budding Ron Brierleys’ mouths water. At a Waipara meeting I asked the Undersecretary of Agriculture, Mr Butcher, to name one other sector from whom his Government has stolen the entire life’s savings. He thought that was a bit strong — it is not, and he has not answered the question. For our
own organisation to suggest $21.50 for a lamb is an insult; $4O from present market returns does not return our lamb income to pre S.M.P. Wage and salary people have it as of right.— Yours, etc., JOHN S. J. McCASKEY. Waipara, October 5, 1986.
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