GTAngler posted:zzHow did race come into the discussion?You brought race into the discussion with your "Kumbaya" Capitalism or are did you forget? Also I never said leasing. Please reread my post. I said free of charge. At least in the beginning. I am willing to bet that 99% of the canecutters are capable/knowledgeable of subsistence farming. That's all I am proposing as a "band aid" not a permanent solution. Now that you've brought it up, the kind of training/expertise etc. for a long term takes time and is something that should have been started a long time ago and gradually phased in. I agree that some severance in the form of capital to purchase fertilizer, pesticides, equipment etc. should be made available. Chances are, most of these cane cutters already have their little kitchen gardens. By the way, whatever I write here is what I believe and not based on anyone else.
Kumbaya has nothing to do with race, it has a universal expression meaning these days, meaning that you have your head in the clouds.
See below for my interpretation:
It is good that people like you are not in power, you didn't analyze the problem but already you rush to a solution with certain assumptions:
1: cane cutters has the skillset and fortitude to be subsistence farmers
2: subsistence farming will provide a living for cane cutters that is acceptable to them and substitute for cane cutting
3: there is a market for the produce of the substance farming.
You and caribJ are just blowing smoke, jumping up like a chicken without a head claiming to have a solution without the requisite research.