farm subsidies?

[John Dibble]

I'm not entirely sure what farm subsidies actually do. But if family farms are being shut down because of huge corporate farms I am totally against that.

Farm subsidies do not solely consist of paying farms to grow certain crops, or to sell at lower prices. Some farms are paid millions to NOT farm at all. Basically it's an attempt at controlling the price of food.

[John Dibble]

I'm not entirely sure what farm subsidies actually do. But if family farms are being shut down because of huge corporate farms I am totally against that.

Farm subsidies do not solely consist of paying farms to grow certain crops, or to sell at lower prices. Some farms are paid millions to NOT farm at all. Basically it's an attempt at controlling the price of food.

Thats an FDR program. FDR ordered millions upon millions of tons of food burned when he came to office in order to raise prices of corn/wheat and the like. How do I know this? Well I have family members whos parents had farms during the depression and they were ordered by the federal government to burn their crops upon harvest.

Yeah, and we still do it today by paying farmers to let their land be used for nothing.

[John Dibble]

Thats another matter altogether, its about protecting farmers from excessive surpluses that would drive them out of business.

Why should these farmers be protected? They are being paid to do NOTHING. Wouldn't it be better if we freed them up to actually do something instead of paying them millions of dollars for NOTHING.

[John Dibble]

They could open up a prostitution bar or an abortion clinic.

Instead of being given subsidies.

Doubtful that a farmer would open up an abortion clinic. As for prostitution, you forget who you're talking to - I think prostitution should be legal.

Lowering the price of food would be a good thing - it would help the poor, would it not? It make food more affordable.