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pmsumner at 10:20pm on 01/04/2003
pmsumner at 10:20pm on 01/04/2003I just watched a program on BBC 4 about the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy - for those of you outside the EU it's basically a system of subsidies for farmers and food producers which caused the butter mountains we all heard about in the mid-to-late 80s) and it's advantages/problems. Very interesting stuff. Whilst I was pretty much against the CAP scheme beforehand, I am almost vehemently against it now. Especially when seeing how the new EU member states were treated in this regard.
I never did understand before, and don't understand now, why the CAP is still in place. It had a purpose, and that purpose was much needed. It did it's job very well. But it's got out of control and it doesn't serve any useful purpose. People complain that if the CAP subsidies ended, loads of farmers would go out of business. Surely not - wouldn't prices just go up? Yes I'm ignoring the outside influences (3rd world country food production) but just how much of a factor are they?
On a completely different note, I'm wondering about something. There's a possibility of a new shift pattern starting at work. It's Monday to Friday, 1330 to 2200. Horrid shifts, but you have the weekends off. I'm unsure whether I should even be looking at this seriously, but the prospect of having weekends off and being able to do stuff without taking holidays here there and everywhere is very tempting. I would hate working 5 days in a row, I think. BUT.... it's 5 days a week, shorter shifts than I do now. BUT... I'd be losing 2 days off a week. And you just know I'd end up sleeping in until midday every day instead of "doing stuff".
I really don't think I should be considering this. Really. I like what we have. 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off and repeat.
Bonus should get paid tomorrow. We still don't know how much it is! I'll be checking the bank account frequently, through net/phone banking. Huzzah for technology.
I never did understand before, and don't understand now, why the CAP is still in place. It had a purpose, and that purpose was much needed. It did it's job very well. But it's got out of control and it doesn't serve any useful purpose. People complain that if the CAP subsidies ended, loads of farmers would go out of business. Surely not - wouldn't prices just go up? Yes I'm ignoring the outside influences (3rd world country food production) but just how much of a factor are they?
On a completely different note, I'm wondering about something. There's a possibility of a new shift pattern starting at work. It's Monday to Friday, 1330 to 2200. Horrid shifts, but you have the weekends off. I'm unsure whether I should even be looking at this seriously, but the prospect of having weekends off and being able to do stuff without taking holidays here there and everywhere is very tempting. I would hate working 5 days in a row, I think. BUT.... it's 5 days a week, shorter shifts than I do now. BUT... I'd be losing 2 days off a week. And you just know I'd end up sleeping in until midday every day instead of "doing stuff".
I really don't think I should be considering this. Really. I like what we have. 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off and repeat.
Bonus should get paid tomorrow. We still don't know how much it is! I'll be checking the bank account frequently, through net/phone banking. Huzzah for technology.
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