Word: schnittker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from their land in growing numbers at a time when much of the rest of the U.S. is enjoying prosperity. Some 20,000 farms have been auctioned off since 1981, and the toll is rising. "There will be a bloodbath of farm foreclosures this year," says Washington Economist John Schnittker, a former Under Secretary of Agriculture...
...controversial proposals have already ignited a fierce debate. Says Schnittker: "The Administration has laudable objectives in facing up to where we have to go, but it is incredibly naive to believe that you could jump there in a year or two." Such major groups as the National Farmers Union and the National Farmers Organization are already calling for more, rather than less, federal...
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