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This letter is concerning the March 25 article on page 12 by David Bowser. Six columns over into the article we see Terry "KILL COOL" Stokes of NCBA telling us producers we need to realize that 96 percent of the population of the world is outside of the United States. Congressman "KILL COOL" Stenholm at a Sheep and Goat Raisers meeting last year was quoting the same percentage. Both men are trying to purvey the same thought, and that is that this 96 percent of the world’s population is wanting to buy our beef. However, according to the National Geographic magazine of September 2003, page 28, "Three billion people — nearly half the world’s population — struggle to live on less than two dollars a day." How much beef can a person who is earning two dollars a day buy, and how much is this person paying for it? Are Terry and Charles working toward lowering the economic bar for American producers? What is with the packer lackeys in throwing out big meaningless numbers, or is it just more "free trader" jive? I wonder what the percentage is of the "world consumers" that earn three, four, and five dollars a day, or better yet, what is the percentage of people that earn nothing a day? James Stotts |
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