regulations like this? could this put you out of the farming business ultimately? forsure. 37, 500 fine per instance if you don t a boyd by the rules and there is rules that casy and i haven t made that much in a year. and so trying to carry on our 7th and eighth generation if they decide to do so, it could be devastating on to our family business. if they decide not to go in farming, they have a great career in acting and singing and dancing and there is hope for them and i hope they stay in farming. and i think a lot of americans don t understand that americans spend 6 or 8 percent of the budget on food. most countries, people spend 20 or 50 percent of the budget on
morning in philadelphia for that suspect as we speak. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. it is 5:00 a.m. here in the east. also this morning, george zimmerman in his first on-camera interview since the trayvon martin shooting, he was asked if he has any regrets. you ll want to hear what he has to say. and is there tension in the u.s. supreme court after that health care ruling? you will hear what justice scalia said about any possible bad blood. that s in that cnn exclusive coming right up. up first this morning, breaking news from tanzania where more than 30 people have drowned, over 100 more are feared dead after a ferry with nearly 300 people on board sank. about 150 people were rescued. but officials say there s not much hope for the passengers still missing. there were also 31 children on board. you are looking there at pictures of a little boy being saved. there were tourists on board as well. it s not clear if any of them were americans. rough weat
that motor who no matter who wins the election, the president, if he wants to avoid onslaught he has to do what? make it easy to get a job. try cutting taxes. cutting ethanol subsidies. and making the consumer inflation end. neil: we will go through a couple of these and then the four points again but you ethanol thing, what did you say about that? why does that matter? explain why ending the subsidies could be productive. guest: well i talk to a lot of farmers and a woman said she is no longer in the farming business but in the paperwork business and that is what i do, fill out forms to get federal subsidies for ethanol. so the money that would be made
this is world business today. welcome back. now, if you re a facebook user, you may notice your home page is regularly filled with your friends adventures on farmville. indeed, you may even be a farmville fan yourself. let s take a look at this. take a look at this number. according to the site today, there are well over 45 million registered users of the online game. if you re unfamiliar with farmville, the aim is to build your own farming business and boost it with your own dollars. the more crops you grow, the more animals you raise, the more points you earn. if that seems like a waste of time and money, how about playing farmville for real? that s right. the uk s national trust has set aside land and for a set fee of $48 you can influence how it s used.
congressional crunch. the democrats battle to pass sweeping new rules for the financial industry. the impact on politics and your pocketbook. then, stop the spill. i hope it s permanently. cautious optimism and bp s next step in the gulf. and, growing trend. students look for green acres in the farming business during the recession. it s friday, july 16th. from abc news, this is world news now. it s so nice after so many days to have some good news come out of the oil spill in the gulf finally. no kidding. it is day 88 and finally a temporary stop on this oil spill. so some really good news there for that community. all fingers crossed along the gulf coast.