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Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Originally posted by jssaylor2007
reply to post by tothetenthpower
Farms MUST be subsidized due to the gross government manipulation of agricultural commodities. In 1976 the price of cotton was around 80 cents a pound. This year, cotton is expected to bring around 80 cents a pound. Its odd how everything goes through inflation except agricultural commodities. If farmers weren't paid subsidies then I can guarantee you there would not be any farming in the US save people who were subsistence farmers.
No that's not right.
Farmers require subsidies because the GOVERNMENT forces them to grow particular useless crops like corn from Monsanto. ON top of that, because of see gene patents, they can't keep their seeds, so they have to in-debt themselves to those companies year after year.
The fact that we allow speculation of base commodities such as wheat and other base foods is what caused this problem.
What next you're going to tell me that Oil Companies also require a subsidy?
~Tenth
The governments master plan is to keep people, all people, from suffering. When people arent in pain, they can be content. When they can be content, there is no reason for things to change.
These politicians know how to work the system (after all, the vast majority of them were lawyers before becoming Congressmen and Senators) and they know all of the legal loopholes that allow such tomfoolery. It is a disgrace that these loopholes that benefit these people exist.
Originally posted by jssaylor2007
reply to post by littled16
Have to agree with this. Agriculture is in bad enough shape as is, dont need people who dont need it mooching off of the subsidies.
Originally posted by jssaylor2007
reply to post by littled16
Have to agree with this. Agriculture is in bad enough shape as is, dont need people who dont need it mooching off of the subsidies.