“The majority of the money in the farm bill is for food stamps.”
In the words of Joe Wilson: “YOU LIE!” $50+ Billion =/= $1 Trillion. End all subsidies. The corporate farmers receiving the subsidies are the thieves while in cases like Monsanto, they STEAL community seeds from seed banks and patent them, and lobby for enslavement through bills like SB510.
Yeah, you got me, I’m a thief and a liar, and I own a corporate farm and most of Monsanto. I’m living the life of Riley on the $400 farm subsidy I got last year. Thanks, sucker!
If you think farming is such a gold mine, why don’t you buy a farm and cash in?
There are very little direct subsidies to farmers anymore. These have always been the carrot to get farmers to do their bidding. With the carrot gone, the stick is in place with growing regulations.
The replacement of direct payments has been subsidized insurance. Insurance companies have been good lobbiest and there has been tremendous growth in crop insurance.
Now when you take the risk out of something like home mortgages what happens. What happens when you take the risk out of farming? It drives the cost of inputs up and drives out the small players...................