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Congress approves five-year farm bill
Politico ^ | Feb 4, 2014 | David Rogers

Posted on 02/04/2014 12:12:04 PM PST by GIdget2004

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To: tractorman

“Anything in it for real farmers?”

The Amish? No, they don’t take farm welfare.


21 posted on 02/04/2014 1:09:40 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: tractorman

Probably not.

But if you are a large corporation, then yes.


22 posted on 02/04/2014 1:28:19 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Paine in the Neck

[ And WalMart. They love selling subsidized ag to SNAP card shoppers. ]

NAILED IT!!!

ADM and Con-agra love to make TV dinners for Wal-mart to sell too, all heavily subsidized...


23 posted on 02/04/2014 1:57:18 PM PST by GraceG
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To: GIdget2004

So how much here for Muzzies, illegals, homosexual marriages, and dimocrats for their pockets.


24 posted on 02/04/2014 2:00:05 PM PST by RetiredArmy (All that call upon His name shall be saved! HE is the ONLY way to heaven. Only HIM!!)
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To: GIdget2004
Written off as dead just months ago

Be ever vigilant.

25 posted on 02/04/2014 3:10:46 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: bassmaner

No Congress can bind another Congress to this spending.


26 posted on 02/04/2014 3:11:14 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Pining_4_TX

They will end subsidies yet still tell the farmers how much they can charge for their products. The big boys ain’t gonna’ like this.

I went to high school with farmers’ children who are now wealthy. I also went to school with some who had to sell the family farm and move away. I knew a family with 5 children who lived very well farming 400 acres. That was without subsidies. In fact, I thought they were rich. None of the kids farm anymore. They’ve either sold the land or rented it out and found regular jobs.


27 posted on 02/04/2014 3:40:37 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: SkyPilot

Billions more for Food Stamps in this bill. Billions. Almost 80% of the total
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What Congress Did While You Were Talking About the State of the Union

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/01/30/farm-bill-what-congress-did-while-you-were-talking-about-the-state-of-the-union/#.Uups7-yuKck.twitter

13:35 Minutes
Mike Lee: The Farm Bill vs. America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6seyavwu4fo


28 posted on 02/04/2014 3:48:36 PM PST by Whenifhow
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To: GIdget2004

More welfare for the global corporations.


29 posted on 02/04/2014 4:00:41 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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30 posted on 02/04/2014 4:53:17 PM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: Oliviaforever
Long past time that we End Farm Subsidies.

What the hell does farm subsidies have to do with this bill? I want them gone but they are but a small percentage of this bill. please tell me that you do know what the farm bill is all about. Please.

31 posted on 02/04/2014 5:03:49 PM PST by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Oliviaforever

Roger that. I farm and have never taken subsidies. I stay out of the governments life and they can stay out of mine. Some things just ain’t for sale.


32 posted on 02/04/2014 5:05:51 PM PST by SisterK (behold a pale horse)
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To: GIdget2004

33 posted on 02/04/2014 5:09:47 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: henkster

Looking at the USSR farm poster ... “One million tractors!”

Yeah, and none of them run.


34 posted on 02/04/2014 5:54:40 PM PST by Cloverfarm (This too shall pass ...)
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To: carriage_hill; Eric in the Ozarks

Here are the folks who voted NAY ( Look at one of the two Democrat who did — SURPRISE !!, it’s Fauxcahontas, and both who said NAY are from Taxachusetts ):

NAYs -—22

Ayotte (R-NH)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Coburn (R-OK)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cruz (R-TX)
Flake (R-AZ)
Grassley (R-IA)
Heller (R-NV)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lee (R-UT)
Markey (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)
Paul (R-KY)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Warren (D-MA)

Not Voting - 6

Begich (D-AK)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Toomey (R-PA)
Udall (D-CO)
Vitter (R-LA)


35 posted on 02/04/2014 7:05:19 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Warren’s up for reelection; checking on the other libtard. Markey was reelected to Kerry’s seat in 2013, so he’s not up for another year.


36 posted on 02/04/2014 7:25:41 PM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Whenifhow

37 posted on 02/04/2014 7:40:51 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: smokingfrog

Ooops! Missed your post, before I posted the same graphic.

Bears repeating ;-)


38 posted on 02/04/2014 7:42:45 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Oliviaforever

End farm subsidies for multi billion dollar companies. The small guy gets short shrift in all of these sweetheart deals

Ps. Not a farmer. Not even close.


39 posted on 02/05/2014 4:44:43 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: nascarnation
Was that their one millionth tractor produced?

I think the poster was just promising one million tractors as part of the five-year plan. Unfortunately for the Russians, I don't think they got that millionth tractor. The factory in the background had to be converted to making T-34s instead, of which they did make a million. At least it seemed that way to the Germans.

One of the many reasons the USSR failed was that the factory never got converted back to making tractors. It just kept making tanks even though the war was long over.

40 posted on 02/05/2014 6:10:16 AM PST by henkster (Communists never negotiate.)
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