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Jimmy Carter: U.S. farm subsidies' harvest of misery
Sacramento Bee ^
| 12/11/7
| Jimmy Carter
Posted on 12/11/2007 7:45:04 AM PST by SmithL
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posted on
12/11/2007 7:45:06 AM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
He is sounding strangely conservative.
What did he drink?
To: SmithL
I don’t recall Dimmy doing anything about this when he was supposed to be acting as president. Did he know there was a problem then or did he just discover it when Bush took office?
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posted on
12/11/2007 7:52:19 AM PST
by
FreePaul
To: SmithL
"I was a farm boy then"
And evolved into a 100 percent horse's ass.
STFU UP ALREADY JIMMAH!
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posted on
12/11/2007 7:52:22 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Hunter-Bolton '08 !! Patriots who will settle for nothing less than *Victory* in the War on Terror!)
To: SmithL
Jimmah’s first job was a bureaucrat. How sweet.
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posted on
12/11/2007 7:52:35 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
To: SmithL
Missing from Jimmie’s liberal rant on dollar subsidies are the governmentally sanctioned subsidies for farm labor, namely, the allowance of hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to these same farm conglomerates.
The money saved in wages, taxes collected, and benefits probably totals more than all the cash subsidies.
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posted on
12/11/2007 7:53:02 AM PST
by
oldbill
To: mkjessup
PS - oh Jimmah? That extra 'up' is for an 'up yours' yet to be issued.
Now go gargle with razor blades.
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posted on
12/11/2007 7:53:20 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Hunter-Bolton '08 !! Patriots who will settle for nothing less than *Victory* in the War on Terror!)
To: ConservativeMind
No kidding, I read it and had to double check the Author’s name since I was agreeing with him!
To: SmithL
He could’ve done something when he was President.
Hypocrite.
To: SmithL
My first paying job was working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Ah, got a taste for the govt payroll and just couldn't ever do anything else.
To: SmithL
—since I don’t sign in for the Bee, does Jimmah get into the peanut subsidy?
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posted on
12/11/2007 7:56:52 AM PST
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
To: SmithL
Sounds like he is actually saying something I agree with.
I’ve never understood farm subsidies and getting paid NOT to grow something.
Anything with the words gov’t and subsidies in it has got to be bad.
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posted on
12/11/2007 7:56:57 AM PST
by
a real Sheila
(stop hillary NOW!)
To: ConservativeMind
He is sounding strangely conservative.
What did he drink?
He's actually making the case for the ceasing of the subsidies and moving cotton production overseas.
I bet his liberal water carriers haven't noticed this yet.
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posted on
12/11/2007 8:01:17 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(No buy China!!)
To: DarkSavant
It should be interesting to see what happens to this issue now that it’s been picked up by one of the anointed on the left and reframed as a rich vs. poor issue. I’ve always felt that the gov’t should get it’s nose out of the farm industry and let it be sorted out on its own. The upside is it may actually get some attention. The downside is that if it becomes a liberal “problem” to solve, the only thing I can be assured of is that I’ll have less money, and a targeted voting block will receive it.
To: SmithL
the AG subsidy is the Third Rail of politics for our nation of farmers and has a high probability of never seeing substantial reform.
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posted on
12/11/2007 8:05:58 AM PST
by
Liaison
To: SmithL
Farm subsidies are among the most wasteful excesses in the entire budget. I think we pay out like 200 billion a year aiding giant agribusiness, for no apparent reason.
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posted on
12/11/2007 8:06:41 AM PST
by
ChurtleDawg
(kill em all)
To: VeniVidiVici
“He’s actually making the case for the ceasing of the subsidies and moving cotton production overseas.”
You got it!
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posted on
12/11/2007 8:08:07 AM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: SmithL
I just hate it when I agree with Jimmy Carter. Thankfully it only happens every 30 years or so.
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posted on
12/11/2007 8:08:37 AM PST
by
BfloGuy
(It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
To: Liaison
the AG subsidy is the Third Rail of politics for our nation of farmers and has a high probability of never seeing substantial reform.
It seems that all things to do with big business are like that. Illegal immigration and the China mess just don't seem to get any better despite the fact that a vast majority want something done.
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posted on
12/11/2007 8:09:28 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: BfloGuy
Even a blind pig finds an occasional acorn.
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