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Re: Everyone Rides For Free! part of this issue is the subsidies for large agribusiness concerns, along with numerous loopholes that allow them to get these huge subsidies. I'm pretty sure ADM doesn't need subsidies:
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As a report of the libertarian Cato Institute puts it, "The Archer Daniels Midland Corporation (ADM) has been the most prominent recipient of corporate welfare in recent U.S. history. ADM and its chairman Dwayne Andreas have lavishly fertilized both political parties with millions of dollars in handouts and in return have reaped billion-dollar windfalls from taxpayers and consumers."
I don't mind supporting the "family" farmer, but strict conditions and limits need to be set to ensure support goes to those that really need it.
like most govt programs, the farm bill addresses political needs, not agricultural needs, and the biggest benefits go to those that lobby the most. |
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1 edit | said by nasadude:I don't mind supporting the "family" farmer, but strict conditions and limits need to be set to ensure support goes to those that really need it. I agree with you completely. I would probably not have a problem supporting a family farmer, even if it meant higher food prices and no subsidies.
However, agribusiness is a huge enough welfare queen as it stands now. They don't need any more help from the taxpayer.
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| Everyone is having trouble these days including the farmers. We met this one guy that spends 90k a year and only gets 85k back. He does it because he wants to. If it wasn't for his well that he sold some rights to the water company awhile back, he wouldnt be making it. Hes losing 5k a year just so he can get corn on our tables. You might not be grateful of what you got but alot of people are. |
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