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Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:35 am
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:35 am
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Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:37 am to stout
It’s called the us farm bill. Runs about 800 billion dollars a year. It includes food stamps
This post was edited on 12/15/17 at 10:37 am
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:38 am to stout
When I was in the cattle business I saw millionaires line up for subsidies every August.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:38 am to stout
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:39 am to stout
nobody says city slickers, and i doubt guys like the ones in that pic are anywhere high on the list of big beneficiaries of those ag subsidy programs
but still true
but still true
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:42 am to 90proofprofessional
Agraian socialism
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:47 am to stout
Partially?
In a way it's apples to oranges. Welfare sponges--in general-- produce nothing. Farmers actual help fuel the economy. The actual villain in both seems to be the government programs that create the opportunities for milking the taxpayer and creating a voter base that will vote to continue their gravy train.
Get rid of the ethanol mandate, and requiring means testing and work in exchange for benefits would help weed out those that don't actually need help.
In a way it's apples to oranges. Welfare sponges--in general-- produce nothing. Farmers actual help fuel the economy. The actual villain in both seems to be the government programs that create the opportunities for milking the taxpayer and creating a voter base that will vote to continue their gravy train.
Get rid of the ethanol mandate, and requiring means testing and work in exchange for benefits would help weed out those that don't actually need help.
This post was edited on 12/15/17 at 10:49 am
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:49 am to stout
A record amount of money was paid out to rice farmers here in Arkansas just recently according to our statewide paper.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:52 am to stout
This is why the vast majority of gas stations are offering at best useless and potentially harmful ethanol in 10% of your fuel.
Also a big reason why your food costs rose over the past 10 years.
And like any other big government payout program, will be very very difficult to eliminate.
Also a big reason why your food costs rose over the past 10 years.
And like any other big government payout program, will be very very difficult to eliminate.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:57 am to stout
It's not just corn. Here in La. our cane farmers benefit from US govt restrictions on imported sugar from Latin America.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:21 am to stout
Well, at least the farmers produce something.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:27 am to Dale51
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Partially?
In a way it's apples to oranges. Welfare sponges--in general-- produce nothing. Farmers actual help fuel the economy. The actual villain in both seems to be the government programs that create the opportunities for milking the taxpayer and creating a voter base that will vote to continue their gravy train.
Get rid of the ethanol mandate, and requiring means testing and work in exchange for benefits would help weed out those that don't actually need help.
You can take your measured, reasoned response, your objectivity, your non-biased answer and
There's no room for that here when talking about farming subsidies during lunchtime.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:34 am to stout
The Des Moines register used to publish farm subsidies once a year. Made for a lot of uncomfortable mornings in the local breakfast diner!
Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:36 am to Homesick Tiger
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A record amount of money was paid out to rice farmers here in Arkansas just recently according to our statewide paper.
why?
Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:45 am to stout
Ethanol mandates go a LONG way, and neither side has the balls to repeal it.
Republicans don't want to risk losing their midwestern stranglehold.
Democrats don't want to risk looking like they're anti-farmer.
Combined with the Ethanol lobby pushing the idea that it is "cleaner" and you have a literal hydra of bad policy that has led to corn (actually one of the worst crops in a food to space ratio) being a major staple in the midwest.
Because of shitty gas.
Republicans don't want to risk losing their midwestern stranglehold.
Democrats don't want to risk looking like they're anti-farmer.
Combined with the Ethanol lobby pushing the idea that it is "cleaner" and you have a literal hydra of bad policy that has led to corn (actually one of the worst crops in a food to space ratio) being a major staple in the midwest.
Because of shitty gas.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:52 am to stout
Why do you think SNAP benefits come from USDA authorized by the Farm Bill every year?
Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:58 am to upgrayedd
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why?
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Farmers in Arkansas get $466M for '16 losses; low rice prices cited for ...
www.arkansasonline.com › Business
5 days ago - Arkansas is the nation's largest rice producer, so a bad rice market is reflected in the subsidy payments, said Stiles and Anita Wilson, supervisor of farm programs for the USDA's Arkansas Farm Service ... Print Headline: Farmers in state get $466M for '16 losses; Low rice prices cited for size of payments ...
Best I could do. I think the paper is a pay site.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:00 pm to Bison
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It’s called the us farm bill. Runs about 800 billion dollars a year. It includes food stamps
Its mostly food stamps.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:05 pm to Dale51
well said.
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