Posted on 09/30/2012 9:18:13 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Schumer: Lawmakers Must Act To Prevent Massive Potential Increase Of Milk Prices September 30, 2012 11:37 AM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The price of a gallon of milk could skyrocket if the Farm Bill is not renewed by the end of the year, according to Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer.
Schumer held a news conference Sunday to urge his fellow lawmakers to act quickly on the bill, which expires today.
If the measure is not renewed, Schumer said economists estimate milk prices could double in New York by January 1st.
A gallon of milk could surpass $6 if no action is taken, Schumer said.
The Farm Bill was passed by a large bipartisan majority in the Senate but Schumer said it is time for the House to act on this important issue.
Without renewal of the Farm Bill, Schumer said the country would revert to a 1940s era agriculture policy.....
(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...
So why does the federal government subsidize milk anyway?
Is. There. A. Bigger. Blowhard. In. American. Public. Life. Than. Schmuckie Schumer?
Just get Bloomerburg to declare milk a fattening and unhealthy food and ban its sale or use, problem solved........
Wasn’t it just a few years ago that the govenment was buying and dumping milk by the thousands of gallons to keep prices from plunging in a surplus?
Um...100-plus years ago farmers were a strong voting bloc? Oh, and Iowa kicks off primary season. Also, the MSM likes to show sad people in overalls and amber waves of grain.
Nope. Can’t. Think. Of. One...........
So, Chucky...what are you gonna do about the price of corn, corn meal, corn oil and all the other foodstuffs created there from during this ‘drought’ while simultaneously diverting FOOD RESOURCES to the production of ethanol that destroys gaskets, seals, oxygen sensors, and who knows what else...wassamatter, no corn grown in NY? You bastard.
Free cheese with every obamaphone........
But Dems do not use fear and threats to get laws passed. Only Republicans do that.
Front page of Yahoo right now
California milk producers going out of business because of low prices.
Happy to get government involved because they always do SUCH a good job fiddling with the market.
California has had its own milk pricing system for dairy since the 1930’s, separate from that operated by the federal government in other states. The California Department of Food and Agriculture sets minimum prices that must be paid to farmers in the state for five classes of milk.
In recent years, California’s prices tended to be lower than in other states. In 2011 and 2012, California’s price for milk used to make cheese was frequently $2 or more lower per hundredweight of milk than in the rest of the nation.
Little Debbie, maybe?
Never listen to Chuckie. If this guy told me it was sunny outside I’d grab an umbrella.
. . . also known as 'FDR Agriculture policy'.
You are confusing blowhard and blabbermouth. A common mistake. Kinda like the difference between Foghorn Leghorn and Gracie Allen, only without the humor.
For those of you not in the know about dairy cows, they need to be milked at least once and sometimes twice a day.
Schumer is Foghorn Leghorn with a New York Jewish accent.
Wasserman-Schultz is Gracie Allen without the redeeming spark of common sense.
Point taken.
They’re kinda like taxpayers in that regard.
Near Fredericksburg , Texas , where there is a large German speaking population, a farmer was walking down a country road that borders his property. He notices Schumer drinking from his pond with his hand.
The farmer shouted: “Trink das wasser nicht. Die kuhen haben dahin gesheissen.” (Which means: “Don’t drink the water, the cows have pooped in it.”)
The man shouted back: “I’m from New York and just down here for a few days campaigning for Obama’s health care plan... I can’t understand you. Please speak in English.”
The farmer replied: “Use two hands... you’ll get more water.
Well, Chuckie ... here's how it works. If six dollars is the true cost of a gallon of milk, then demand will go down and everything will work out just fine without the geniuses in Washington sticking their noses into it.
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