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find that not ALL of the pigs are equal...
that some are still deep in "the trough"...
While this is a very "charged" issue..., tis also very interesting.
You see, do you not, that "subsidizing" farmers is not all THAT different than "The Big Banks"
Both are a manipulation of "market forces".
Both are costing U.S. a ton of money.
And, we can't eat it.
Oh, we know, SOME of the food and cotton gets used.
but, far more of it never gets grown - they are paid NOT to grow it.
And, most of it we cannot buy..., like Cheese, we feed it to The kids.
Or, simply throw it away.
Not to Haiti, not to the poor, not to the hungry, we just dump it.
The POINT is:
That this was supposed to have been changed, for the better.
And, it may not have been.
Note:
House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn.,
and former Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
the two lead negotiators of the 2008 farm bill
were unavailable for comment
Current Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark
is in the fight of her life for re-election.
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The last two articles are from:
"The Trouble Makers"
and
"The Apologist" from the Ag community.
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"The family farmers I represent have their extraordinary financial risks offset somewhat by a farm program that helps when production fails or when prices collapse," said Pomeroy, who serves on the agriculture panel.
----------PROMISES, PROMISES: Rich farmers get most cash
The group's most recent database, released Wednesday
shows just 10 percent of farmers received 62 percent of federal farm payments in 2009
roughly the same amount as in 2007 and 2008, before the farm bill was enacted
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Bloomberg
Most U.S. Farm Subsidies Go to 10% of Recipients
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Crop subsidies found to help largest farms most
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EWG News Release
Despite Record Deficits and Anger Over Government Spending, Federal Commodity Crop Spending Continues Unabated
Heavily Subsidized Crop Insurance Program Rivals “Traditional” Subsidies
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Keeping the Process of a New Farm Bill in Perspective
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