Yes, it's a form of socialised welfare!
Like health programs…. :-)
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On 06/11/2013, at 6:04 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Pigs feeding at the trough. Farm subsidies should be abolished, everywhere.
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> On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
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>> Also, it is interesting to study how certain funds are accounted. Let's
>> take agriculture as an example. Few people realize that the "food stamp"
>> program (SNAP) is part of the Farm Bill. What happens is essentially the
>> government buys the food from the farmers and gives it to the needy.
>> Although the recipient of the food is in, say, New York, it appears as
>> though Iowa is getting the money on this distribution map. Granted, there
>> are a lot of other dollars flowing to farmers, but I really doubt that you
>> would want to see what would happen to our national security if our food
>> source wasn't regulated and managed. There are many examples like this
>> where the recipient states appear to be heavy drains, but those numbers may
>> also include medicaid, social security, military, VA and other significant
>> budget items.
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