Posted on 02/11/2011 10:36:50 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot
Ping!
Unfortunately many “conservatives” become flamingly liberal on issues like these. It is time to end farm subsidies. Let a given crop stand or fall on its own merits.
surprise, surprise!
rinos.
this should be like banks and car companies
let them live or die on their own abilities....
(’one world Bush’ did not know what conservativism meant either)
For every 2 dollars theycut in Farm Subsidies they shoudl cut 1 dollar in taxes that affect farmers.
That extra 1 dollar will be saved in the extra overhead the farm subsidies require via government jobs.
I doubt the GOP will do anything. Even their “cuts” are more for show than anything else.
In theory, there should be NO farm subsidies.
But, in practice politicans set sales and contracts/embargos that prevent the free market from operating when it comes to agriculture.
We import beef, when we have more than enough here. We withold selling to various countries we do not approve of. The farmers are quite literally the pawns in this whole mess.
The Gov’t creates the mess; then the Gov’t tries to fix the mess they created.
Good!
Pawlenty signs bill increasing ethanol content in gasoline by Laura McCallum, Minnesota Public Radio May 10, 2005
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/05/10_ap_ethanol/
If we start listing areas where Republicans are weak, we won’t have time for dinner. Can’t we just list where Republicans are strong? That shouldn’t take long at all.
‘Free market’ chickens?
They know the data and understand that deep down the costs outweight the advantages of ethanol. The market will not support this product.
Why should one group of people enjoy cuts in taxes when others don't? Cut taxes for everyone.
LOL!
We are spending 100 billion a month more than we are collecting in taxes. Everything is going to be cut.
If our politicians can’t handle it, someone will.
It was nice if you had a spot at the trough, for the rest of
us - enough is enough.
[ Unfortunately many “conservatives” become flamingly liberal on issues like these. It is time to end farm subsidies. Let a given crop stand or fall on its own merits. ]
What the Republicans need to do is to pound into the head of every farmer out there that they will cut Farm Subsidies proportionally to cutting taxes that affect farmers most.
They need to OWN this issue and take it away from the democrats and come up with some examples of real life farmers and how much more they would save per year by having taxes AND subsidies cut at the same time!!!!
Cut the corporate and top individual rate to 25%.
I can't even begin to express how "mad as hell' I am with ethanol crapping everything it touches!
Now it's cold and my car doesn't put out the heat it used to because cornwhore juice burns cooler.
If you notice you temp gauges sages a little lower than the normal needle position when burning water & gook absorbing cornwhore juice.
I agree, and after we go after subsidized ethanol, we then go after subsidized meat, the original ethanol. I like meat as much as the next guy, but subsidy is subsidy.
Let’s have real freedom to farm.
Because we allow imports and only occasionally ship food to North Korea, we need to spend hundreds of billions on farm subsidies? Pshaw!
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