Our Secretary of Agriculture goes on TV and states that rural America is losing its relevancy. When talking about why there has not been passage of a farm bill, a policy that is usually widely supported by both major parties, he states, ”It’s the fact that rural America with a shrinking population is becoming less and less relevant to the politics of this country, and we had better recognize that and we better begin to reverse it.”
With this statement, we can see how the person who is supposed to represent the farm and ranch interest has removed himself away from the community he is appointed to serve. The rural community has lost its voice in the government process (because of representatives like Vilsack), but it is still relevant as the leading producer of food in the world.
Probably the most grating part of Vilsack’s speech is where he blames producers, through their efforts to stop regulations, for the lack of “relevancy” with the wider population. Perhaps if we, in rural Oklahoma and America, stop producing affordable, safe food, we may become relevant to our ruling class, but until then, we will only be taken for granted.
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The last thing that I want to conclude this post with is that if the US Secretary of Agriculture can misspeak and say that agriculture is no longer relevant to the American way of life, then think of the majority of the ruling class. People hold grudges and the easiest way for Congressmen to retain their power is to please the people who have the most votes, which is no longer agriculture. In addition, the Senate and Presidency, overwhelmingly lost the rural vote. I would say that each rural citizen needs to get their tax and estate planning in order, because the rules will change and you need to be prepared.
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