Corp Welfare

[Manonthestreet]

Good weather and innovative new seeds have allowed modern farmers to produce more corn per acre than ever before. In contrast to the image of the struggling family farm that prompted Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to start Farm Aid 30 years ago, farm family incomes are actually higher than the American average, as they have been for nearly three decades.
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That’s why it ought to outrage taxpayers that the government’s crop “insurance” program — originally intended as a safety net for family farms — is going to pay out $10 billion this year to these same hugely successful corn growers. Largely because of the success of the harvest, corn prices per bushel have declined, thus triggering automatic payments. Time to Shuck the Big Corn Giveaway National Review Online

 

[Mr. H.]

The success of fracking and its impact on increased U.S. crude and natural gas production have driven down prices dramatically. Where's my fucking "insurance". I've already picked up a couple extra part time jobs in part to pay for this expensive fucking ACA policy. Fuck it all.

 

[Contumacious]

Good weather and innovative new seeds have allowed modern farmers to produce more corn per acre than ever before. In contrast to the image of the struggling family farm that prompted Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to start Farm Aid 30 years ago, farm family incomes are actually higher than the American average, as they have been for nearly three decades.
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That’s why it ought to outrage taxpayers that the government’s crop “insurance” program — originally intended as a safety net for family farms — is going to pay out $10 billion this year to these same hugely successful corn growers. Largely because of the success of the harvest, corn prices per bushel have declined, thus triggering automatic payments. Time to Shuck the Big Corn Giveaway National Review Online

WELFARE STATE = GOVERNMENT BUY THE PEOPLE


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[The Rabbi]

If it moves, tax it.
If it still moves, regulate it.
If it stops moving subsidize it.

The closest thing to eternal life on this earth we'll ever see is a government program.

Yeah, Reagan had it right.