Merry Christmas. Now give us the money back !!
Having just read Jane Kings leader in this fantastic christmas issue of Farmers Weekly, I have to say I disagree with her.
The RPA have said they have made mistakes with SFP of previous years and now want to claw back the money they have overpaid. I agree with Jane that it is public money and it should be spent wisely.
But I think that it is about time that people took responsibility for their own actions in this country. Someone at the RPA has got the SFP wrong. Now providing it was not fraudelently claimed and the mistake was by the government agency then they should work out how much has been overpaid and who was responsible and they should be fired.
Why should business's, because that's what they are, be put under finacial strain, at the very least, or possibly go under at this time of credit crunch because of someone else's INCOMPETENCE.
The Government is lending money hand over fist to the banks for what seems like very little benefit to us. The Car industry has it's begging bowl out. The managers who got all these companies in a mess are still in a job drawing huge salaries.
If agriculture was several large firms not thousands of individual farmers who can be bullied by the government it would be a different story I feel.
Somebody Should be Accountable. It shouldn't be the Farmers!
ps Merry Christmas to Isabel and all at Farmers Weekly and Also to everyone on the Forum.
Merry Christmas & Blogging New Year