Va. Farmers Hold ‘Pitchfork Protest’ After One of Their Own Is Threatened With Fines for…Hosting a Child’s Birthday
- Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:41am by
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Fauquier County farmers held a "pitchfork protest" on behalf of farmer Martha Boneta last week, after she was threatened with nearly $5,000 in fines for holding a child's birthday party on her farm, among other things. (Image source: Fox News)
When Martha Boneta hosted a birthday party for a friend’s 10-year-old daughter on her Virginia farm, she didn’t expect to have the county come knocking on her door.
But come knocking it did — threatening her with nearly $5,000 in fines.
Martha Boneta was threatened with nearly $5,000 in fines. (Image source: Economic Freedom/YouTube)
Fauquier County officials say Boneta, owner of the 70-acre Liberty Farms in Paris, Va., didn’t have the proper permit to host the party, nor to sell produce on her own land. Zoning Administrator Kimberley Johnson sent her a cease-and-desist letter in April after the party, warning her with the financial consequences if she didn’t stop her activities within 30 days.
Boneta told Fox News she wasn’t doing anything wrong — that selling produce is just about as old as farming itself, and that curiously she seems to be the only one being targeted — possibly because of a neighbor’s complaint.
“It’s rather odd that I’m the only farmer in the county having these issues,” she told Fox. “It’s customary to do these things. It’s done on farms throughout Virginia to help farming and agriculture.”
Boneta did actually get a permit last year to sell fresh produce and crafts at her “retail farm store,” but after she received it, county regulations changed to require an additional permit to sell certain items — including handspun yarns and birdhouses — once covered under the one Boneta already had.
That’s why fellow local farmers took up pitchforks last week for a “pitchfork protest” outside the Board of Zoning Appeals where Boneta was having a hearing. They believe Fauquier County could be violating Virginia’s Right to Farm Act.
“The minute that we get to that level, every farmer here in this county is going to be in violation of this ruling of the county,” Pam Holloway of Go Farm U told Economic Freedom during the protest.
Image source: Economic Freedom/YouTube
Boneta lost the Aug. 2 appeal but said she plans to try again. In the meantime, she’s closed up shop to prepare for the upcoming harvest and will be working with her fellow local farmers to come up with a plan of action. According to Hot Air, the Institute for Justice, which specializing in helping small businesses in similar situations, has taken up her cause as well.
“This affects every farmer. It affects our ability to earn a living to produce and sell on our own land,” Boneta told Fox.
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Allen.West.for.Vice.President
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:22pmanother huge overreach of regulations hurting law abiding Americans
let freedom ring, join this page to send a message to Mitt Romney
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Leadthemtothelight
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:44pmAs citizens of this country it is simply time to take it back. People we can no longer just sit by and vote. It is time we demand change (not the Obama kind) from our local governments. It’s time we de- regulate the United States so that businesses may yet again flourish here instead of in China nd India.
Report Post »I mean licenses for bake sales, lemon aid stands and homegrown vegetables and crafts?
midwesthippie
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:47pm…welcome to the “new” America…both parties are loaded with big-gov progressives…thanks for voting for these anti-Americans you two-party morons…independents will be the only hope to save our country from the diehard republicans and democrats…
Report Post »CABERNETQHS
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:01pmWhere the hell are we living? Does not seem like USA any more.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:24pmWe are building our own prison.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:27pmLooks like 17th century France to me.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:13pmScrew the pitchforks!
Where are the hot tar and feathers? Looks like some bureaucrats are getting too big for their breeches.
Report Post »csirna
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:24pm3rd world countrys are characterized by poverty levels. This is directly linked to their level of freedom. Any questions?
Report Post »csirna
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:29pmAgenda 21. These tyrants do not believe that the land is yours. By the way – I have seen something I’ve never before seen. In the past 2 weeks , 2 brand spankin new Dept. of Environ. Conserv. Police vehicles around where I live.
Report Post »Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:38pm“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Life fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” – George Washington
We are allowing the government to be our masters. We need to regain control at the “We The People” level.
Maybe farmers should charge access fees to government employees entering their property.
Report Post »uncleherbert
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:39pmI will support Allen West, with my last dollar. God bless Allen & his family.
Report Post »desertspeaks
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:50pmMust not have paid her party tax, ie donated to the demoncrats or she’s a republican!
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:53pm@midwesthippie: As soon as there‘s an independent nominee that’s worth voting for, maybe one will get elected.
Report Post »lordjosh
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 5:47pmEverone has to stop applyng for licenses, registrations, etc. This is part of how they get you. You ask permission to do what is otherwise entirely lawful and within your right to do. i.e. drive a car, sell product, do a repair or improvement to your home. If you assume you need their permission, they’ll assume they have the authority. Stop because God is watching.
Report Post »JamesTLR
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 6:07pmGOD BLESS PARIS FARMER MARTHA!
May you hear our prayers from all over the nation.
Report Post »We love you Farmer Martha.
You are our hero. You give us hope for a better America.
May you know the strength of an entire nation behind you.
glassaudioguy
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:43pm@Hippie- We had Jesse Ventura as governor for four years here in MN. Some third party guy he turned out to be. Claimed to be an independent but turned out to be Democrat lite. So no, third party won’t necessarily save us.
Report Post »charleyrocks
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:21amI can’t believe this in canada all farmers sell their produce either at the side of the road or on their property. This is nuts. Think before you vote!
Report Post »Ramrod64
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 3:08pmLooks like the county signed up for Agenda21.
Report Post »MadMagyar
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:19amThose people need to sign up the county for Agenda 86.
Report Post »ellietoo
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:20pmHere we have the Obama people try (enslave) the people of this country. Wake up and elect people who do not support big government. Yes, who gets elected as a county commissioner is important. The same types of people who want to enslave the people of this country with big government are running for office in our counties and cities. They have to be stopped. Find out what kind of people are running for office in your local elections. If they can tell you what you can and cannot do on your own property then it is not your property anymore!
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:58pmWhere you suppose ‘they’ got the ‘notion’ that ‘property ownership, in allodial,‘ doesn’t exist, and “Eminent Domain” seizures was “ok?” –Where does that ‘authority’ come from? Or should we just allow wedge issues and lefty ‘chicken fights’ continue to dominate barber and beauty shop discourse? – er – “tweets and blogs” – :-)
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:18pmGee, I was raised to believe you could do anything legal on your own property. Birthday parties are legal. You don’t need a permit to sell anything on your own property. She IS being targeted. I wonder what party she is registered to vote for?
Report Post »LVMerrily
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:58pmYou don’t understand. The government doesn’t want individuals to have control of their own lives. Cass Sunstein even passed a regulation that rain water can‘t be ’trapped’ and that all run-off belongs to the government.
Sounds like it is time for those people in Paris, VA to recall their officials and clean out the bureaucracy.
Report Post »pdw
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:27pmObama said he would be happy when small farms no longer exist.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:17amIt’s not the birthday party. It’s the selling of vegetables. You can’t take profit from the big commercial farms. The birthday pary just got them on her property.
Report Post »Blazebanned
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:14pmPut down the pitchforks and pick up your guns, time to end this crap once and for all. And no, im not calling for a revolt against the government, but against the poiliticians that run it.Sooner or later this will come to a head, and there isnt a rat whole in the wolrd that these sorry ass power hungry politicians can run into……..
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:47pmWhen people fear the government there is tyranny. When the government fears the people there is liberty.
Report Post »galicant wiseword
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 4:17pmI would never revolt against the legitimate government of my country, however the cooperation that illegally took it’s place long before my birth is not safe from me or any other patriot.
republicfortheunitedstates . c o m
Report Post »FREDD The WILSON
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:13pmFauquier County used to be a wonderfully rural rustic farming place with hard working country type folk that would give you the shirt off their back and sweat from their brow. Since the Socialist Progressive army took over and made Northern Virginia communist , individual and peoples rights are hard to come by. After all this is the land representative by Jim and Brian Moran.
Report Post »wvgirl
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:42pmAnd this is exactly what will happen to the rest of the country if The Communist is re-elected. I don‘t know why people don’t understand what is happening. My head wants to explode.
@BLAZEBANNED: Amen, brother. It is coming!
Report Post »happ77
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:20pmAgenda 21 ?
Report Post »Snafu777
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:40pmAgenda 21 is a UN initiative brought to our shores by good ole Bush Sr. Basically it is a global control scheme to do a few interesting things. Primarily:
1. Massively decrease the population.
2. Move the world population into highly-controlled ghetto-like environments.
You can look it up. It’s publicly available and online. They’ve masked the intent of the initiative in “green-speak.” That is it’s all “climate change” and “saving the earth” on the outside and global control and socialism on the inside. In short, it’s a real Alinsky-style wet-dream. If you‘ve read 1984 you’ll probably figure out what comes next.
Report Post »Celeste.Christi
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 4:08pmHapp77:
Agenda21: http://whatisagenda21.net/agenda21.htm
Report Post »Paul99
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 4:37pmThis is just the tip of the iceberg !! Nine years ago Charlie Ray Fox Jr. was voted into office as Fauquier County Sheriff as a Democrat. From day one he started to ‘clean house’ by firing one after the other without cause, ( Sheriff,s can do this by law ) the intial firings were aimed at the Command structure most were not ‘born and bred
Fauquier’ but all were very qualified, something the previous Sheriff ( a Republican) had insisted on in an effort to bring the office in line with surrounding jurisdictions.
However over the next five years Fox’s administration slowly weeded out 55 officers !! 55 out of 120 sworn !! At first we all had no idea what was going on, after all we came to work and busted our tails, put our lives on the line and still we had our careers ripped out from under us. Then a few got together to compare notes and surprise surprise, almost to a person we discovered we were registered Republicans.
This will never come out in the local press, The Fauquier Times Democrat, because the paper is so far left its not funny, just read the weekly editorials for a taste of opinion in ‘Hunt Country’ !!.
I will be labled as a ‘disgruntled former employee’ should this story ever get some traction and I will be the FIRST to say hell yes I am disgruntled !! I had my career stolen from me without cause and consequently my wife and I lost evrything we had worked so hard for. What about the other 54 people and their families !! Can’t wait for the next el
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 5:20pmOK, then get off your butts, and get some new representation! Start a movement and tell the stories-don’t just give up and moan. Raise hell with them.
Report Post »Fauquier Farmer
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 12:11amPaul99, wasn’t the last republican sheriff booted out because he closed a wing of the county jail, had it carpeted and decorated to house the daughter of a local socialite who was being detained? I’m not sure if Fox won because he was a Democrat or in spite of it. This county is all about the good old boy network. It’s who you know and what enemies you make no matter which party you are in. The social network is all important.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:10pmCreative taxing …!
Report Post »What did people think was going to happen ….
Did you really think they were going to keep on raising the price of cigarettes..?
Uechi
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:07pmThis continual BS is eventually going to end in violence. The people in this country are waking up and they aren’t going to put up with this crappola anymore. Glenn Beck can preach restoring love till he is blue in the face. I’m afraid the only thing that might chnage things is an armed resistance. I sure hope I’m wrong but Government is in every aspect of our lives and not for the good.
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:11pmNot no need for all that — there‘s STILL a ’jury box,’ USE IT! Appropriately. Will Cain is spot on with his ‘right of the People to Nullify ’bad’ law.’ – Trick is, the People need to get PROACTIVE and stop REacting emotionally, and stick their heads into BOOKS these politicians ‘know’ you won’t — same books that gave them the ‘oky-doky’ to “tread on you” behind your back — this all comes down to what? ‘law?’ — Lincoln was a lawyer. Where did HE attend ‘law skool?’ — That’s my POINT!!!! :-) Go to the SOURCE!!!!!
Report Post »richardlionheart
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 4:16pmyes I agree !!
Report Post »those who have the power, won’t give it up peacefully , it has to be taken by force!
Lenin
power comes from the barrel of the gun!
Mao
richardlionheart
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 4:19pmor could get off your lazy Keister! and vote!!
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:07pmHow about the name of the complainer? Let’s go interview them for a while…
I’d love to hear their argument as to why they did it.
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:56pmBingo!
We know the brownshirt who sent the letter. Who’s the citizen that started the ball rolling? Who are the cops that are going to go shut it down. Let’s put all the cards on the table. Once we know who these people are then it’s up to us to use our first amendment rights to let them know what we think about them…whenever we see them.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:32pmumm, ROTHBARDIAN, perhaps thou meanst to sayeth 2nd Amendnent?
Report Post »Fauquier Farmer
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:02pmHer neighbor making the complaint is a wealthy real estate speculator and real estate broker out of Middleburg, VA. He is from an old and well respected family in Virginia and if this Boss Hogg says her birthday party constituted commercial activity then the (supposedly Republican) county politicians he controls have to agree. He is trying to sell the vacant lot next to her for twice what it is worth and blames her with her two by three foot sign advertising her shop as keeping potential buyers away. When an earlier county inspector ruled their complaint on the farmer for abusing animals by housing rescued farm animals was unsubstantiated, his wife who is an attorney reportedly sent an email to the official threatening to have him fired if he didn’t change his ruling. This family has a lot of pull but I don’t know if it is out of respect for his family or his financial support in elections. Still, this is but one instance of the Counties new aggressive tactics to limit growth and keep the working farmers at bay. Farm Wineries have now been severely limited by a new ordinance passed last month that may put many of them out of business.
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:30pmTwo wrongs never made a right — It‘s not about ’revenge,’ its about justice. — ‘Complaints MUST be heard on their merits’ – (lower standards for peons…) — Everyone has a ‘boss.’ To the best of MY knowledge, that ‘boss’ is a jury of one‘s peers who have the ultimate authority to slam off on ’bad law.’ Sunshine is still the best known disinfectant known to mankind. Spread some.
Report Post »Fauquier Farmer
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 4:44pmTo be honest, Phil is probably having a hard time financially since he had to pay estate taxes on his father’s 1200 acre property (at the foot of the blue ridge 50 miles from downtown Washington DC) before the market crashed and he may have been overextended when the market crashed. If he hadn’t put so many restrictions on the property though when he tried to sell it he could have sold it much faster for much more money. He turned down multiple offers by people who wanted to use it for a resort. His personal financial stress though was brought on by his own actions and shouldn’t be used as an excuse to control others.
Report Post »Fauquier Farmer
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 4:44pmTo be honest, Phil is probably having a hard time financially since he had to pay estate taxes on his father’s 1200 acre property (at the foot of the blue ridge 50 miles from downtown Washington DC) before the market crashed and he may have been overextended when the market crashed. If he hadn’t put so many restrictions on the property though when he tried to sell it he could have sold it much faster for much more money. He turned down multiple offers by people who wanted to use it for a resort. His personal financial stress though was brought on by his own actions and shouldn’t be used as an excuse to control others.
Report Post »perry1980
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:03pmWelcome the the Nanny State Over Reaching Government Controlled America.
Farmers you better wake up on November 6th
Report Post »TexasIndependant
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:03pmControl Control Control, and let be honest here. lets call it what it is: SLAVERY! THEFT! TRANSFER OF WEALTH! Our government thinks they own us like Cattle. Truly Disheartening!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:23pmYessir that’s exactly what it is. That bad part is even the original slaves in this country still had a right to a trial, we on the other hand, do not.
Report Post »hayesstephen
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:01pmAh I love it when Liberals get some of what they have been torturing others with. That whole board is made up of Liberal Trash. Hey you voted in a dictatorship now shut up and live with your decisions. People vote Liberals in expecting they will never have to pay for their stupidity. What a laugh!!! As long as those disgusting conservatives were getting their just rewards life was beautiful. Well Liberal you just had a taste of what life will be like under Dictator Nobama. One day in the not so distant future our Dearly Beloved Leader will confiscate all farms and land. Enjoy your freedom nowyou won’t have it for much longer.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:59amthis is the NEW JUST PERFECT OBAMA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA….progressives have to voted out and that sick ,twisted ideology must be flushed down the toilet…nazis are nazis no matter what era these demons appear in….. progressivism = nazism
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:13pmSee I’m thinking the leftist progressives are marxist, commies, or socialists and the right wing progressives are the fascists. Regardless they’re both hate individual liberty, love central planning and love big government.
Report Post »JoeKing
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:46pm@JustAngry, NAZI = National Socialist German Workers’ Party = Socialism, get it?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:50pmJoeking, Well the entire point of Marxism (which socialism is a form of Marxism) is to have a “classless” society. Whereas that’s not even close to the goals of fascism nor the resdistribution of wealth. I think those are the biggest philosopical differences between the two, but they often reach the same place because someone ends up being the leader of a Marxist society. Once you shift from theory to practice they both end up being the same a dictatorship. That Nazi‘s weren’t interested in equality or redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor. At least that’s my understanding.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:58amIs this part of the creeping in of UN Agenda 21? Strangle the farmers till they can no longer keep their farms then have the UN take them over for the “Sustainable” Agenda.
Report Post »TexasIndependant
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:04pmYou are Correct my friend! Agenda 21 being played out!
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:15pmMy county and the two adjacent counties threw out Agenda 21 once we realized what it was about. Every county in the country needs to get active and do the same.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:21pmThis is also something Holder and UN Agenda 21 would like to happen. Disarm Americans. It take a second to vote, please do this. If it doesn’t show the link in blue, copy and paste it in your browser. Hope it works, our votes are extremely important.
Attorney General Eric Holder, has already said this is one of his major issues. He does not believe the 2nd Amendment gives individuals the right to bear arms. This takes literally 2 clicks to complete. Please vote on this gun issue question with USA Today.. Then pass the link on to all the pro-gun folks you know. Hopefully the results will be published later this month.
Report Post »Here’s what you need to do:
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Second – Send it to other folks,
then we will see if the results get published.
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NHwinter
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:27pmIf this opens for you, scroll down till you get to the place you can vote. Its quick and easy.
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Report Post »Gun Control – please take the time to vote. USA NEWSPAPER POLL.. The Media evidently forgot … give individuals the right to bear arms? Vote here: http://www.usatoday.com/news …
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:52pmWait until they show up at our family farm. Surprise!
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:57amYou are going to get a lot more of this.
The government NEEDS to control you…. or else how can they exist?
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”
Report Post »― Alexis de Tocqueville
PAPPA_BEAR
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:04pmAnd may I add:
Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage.
Report Post »Blacktooth
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:35pmIt is only going to get worse. – 1 Timothy 3:1
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:55amBig Government Crap !!!!!!!
Report Post »Krutch
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:55amGov. is going to push until we grab real pitchforks!
Report Post »The country assessor just left my place. This state raised taxes on just about everything and my property tax increased by almost 42% this year alone. Now I can expect more after this “visit”.
What happened in 1776 is coming around again, only this time we must clean out all the torys!
Bill Wallace
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:53amThis is what you get when you vote democrat.
They can’t afford to buy ALL property, so instead they regulate through zoning laws that elminates almost all practical uses of land.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:53amNext time, invite the union bosses kid, and let him win Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Then, there would be no problems. Ya got to grease the skids, learn to play the game, their happy, so you’re happy.
Let this be a lesson to everyone, learn the Chicago way, or else.
I am Barrack Obama, and I approve this threat.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:51amIsnt big government wonderful?
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:51amDang Martha you are one hot farmer.
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:06pmAnd obviously she must be a conservative considering how pretty she is :)
Report Post »We all know Democrat women are all hags.
sawbuck
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:21pmWe all know Democrat women are all hags.
Report Post »________________________________
Not to mention the only Tine they ‘worked’ a farm…
Was before the ‘civil war’…..
JACKTHETOAD
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:35pmI don‘t think you’d even need to tenderize her with one of them there divil’s pitchforks.
Report Post »loafer4952
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:51amTime to take OUR country back……..
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:50amYou are seeing your freedom being abused and the regulators wasting precious gas driving out to her farm. Did the President have a permit to give his children a b/d party or did he have a permit to serve food to any dignitary. Did his wife have a permit to plant her garden? WE NEED OUR FREEDOM BACK VOTE IN NOVEMBER
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:50amI just for the life of me can’t understand this. I grew up in a smal farming comunity and the people that sold stuff did it to make ends meet. They didn’t have the money necessary to pay for all these dumbass permits you need for everything these days. (TAXES) Damned government theives.
“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you – When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – You may know that your society is doomed.” — Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged”, 1957
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:58pmTotally forgot about that quote. Thanks a bundle. Ctl + C
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:56pmWho is John Galt?
OMG 2012
Report Post »Fauquier Farmer
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:24pmYou need a permit to grow your crops and then you need another one to sell it. When you have invested your life savings in growing the crops for the year the county can then revoke your permission to sell them forcing you into bankruptcy to make your families farm land available to the wealthy speculators and new breed of Washington transplants looking for an exclusive estate in the outer suburbs
Report Post »beckyspatflaveredstew
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 8:49pmThanks for that, I agree.
Report Post »Landon410
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:49ambut van jones kid can sell lemonade…..
and you dumb people keep voting for democrats, LEARN ALREADY
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:46amI live in southern NJ and bigger farms and small backyard farms alike sell their produce a their stands. The gov‘t needs to stay out of small farmer’s markets’ business.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:49amAgreed.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:50amGood luck with that thought !
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 5:48pmThere is a BIG difference between RINOs and the Tea Party. RINOs love regulations and wars and BIG GOVERNMENT especially a MASSIVE military complex = Collins, Romney(care), McCain, Graham, Brown, Snowe – etc. These RINOs would NEVER in a million years get rid of even one fed department like Jimmy Carter‘s Dept of Ed or Nixon’s EPA and other departments OR get rid of Bush’s out of control Homeland Defense. The BIGGER the better for them.
SHEEP GOP voters think just because a candidate SAYS they are republican they are. The Tea Party does not like regulations, etc. with rare exceptions. West and Bachman were both Tea Party darlings and they slipped up and voted with the RINOs and libs on NDAA. Bachman voted both times to extend Patriot Act-IDIOT. West voted NO the 2nd time – Good for him.
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