Cash Crop: There’s billions on the line in the farm bill, but where does it all go?
June 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm in The Dickinson Press
JAMESTOWN A couple billion dollars for wheat here, another billion for corn there, a few hundred million for soybeans maybe more for barley too. Continue Reading
More cronyism … not exposed in this article:
Currently, 9 percent of farmers received 1/3 of the benefits. An amendment to limit benefits based on income was defeated.
“what do Scottie Pippen, Larry Flynt, and David Rockefeller have in common? The answer would be that besides being very rich, they’ve all gotten farm subsidies in the past.”
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Why shouldn’t the farm subsidies be completely eliminated? I hear that many conservatives want to cut funding for schools, reduce or eliminate unemployment benefits, and a number of other things for which they see no need or benefit. Let the free market work. If a farmer cannot make it without taxpayer help, then he should try another line of work. Here is a link to the farm program. You can see who is actually taking the taxpayer money to support their lifestyle.
http://farm.ewg.org/region.php?fips=38000
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