House of Paine

some problems with flattening the north south exchange rates

part one

peasant farmers 



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its already a huge problem

but lowering the effective price of us grain 
in emerging economies and

you buggar the family plot as a source of cash

i caution here
not as a source of  food  for the familly itself 
    of course
(marx's  umbilical cord )

but as a source of  fuller self reliance 

the ending of the  viable  cereal cash crop

 will be like
the 19th century
   end of marketable  home spun yarn 
                        only far worse 

              peasant households  will have to move to high labor intensive specialty crops
and live stock raising 
or else
             .......get a fuckin wage job 
                                  or two or three 

but to think this is why it might be resisted south side

don't forget
the agra fundia 

the  relative value of their holdings per se
will fall
even if the international value will
rise as the south currency rises 

none of this hasn't been delt with before

look at korea taiwan

but     protectionism
  will be made to look more humane then it really is