Farm Subsidies

[phk]

What is your position on farm subsidies?

I believe a good 85% should be cancelled.

[Wakie]

Subsidies for Agra-corporations are totally unnecessary.

[Inverted Things]

Kill them all off.

[nini2287]

Kill them all off.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

They should only be available for small "family" farms in order to keep them competitive with the agri-corporations.

[A18]

Kill them all off.

[John Dibble]

Kill them all off.

[opebo]

I'm indifferent to them, though of course a 'free market' in agricultural products has obvious and enormous problems.

[MODU]

They should only be available for small "family" farms in order to keep them competitive with the agri-corporations.

I agree.  The large maga-farm corporations can afford to run their operations without subsidies.  In order to keep the small-family farms open, either subsidies or competitive agreements between them and food stores need to be in place.

[David S]

Kill them all off.

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[Dr. Cynic]

Kill them off.

[J-Mann]

They should only be available for small "family" farms in order to keep them competitive with the agri-corporations.

I agree.  The large maga-farm corporations can afford to run their operations without subsidies.  In order to keep the small-family farms open, either subsidies or competitive agreements between them and food stores need to be in place.

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[GOP = Terrorists]

Provided to small farmers only.

[AkSaber]

Kill them all off.

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[Josh/Devilman88]

They need money just like us, give it to them because they are the ones that help grow the food we eat everyday.

[Ebowed]

Kill them all off.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Kill them all off.

[dead0man]

Kill 'em all.  For small farms too.

[Bacon King]

Kill em

[paul718]

They should only be available for small "family" farms in order to keep them competitive with the agri-corporations.

I agree.  The large maga-farm corporations can afford to run their operations without subsidies.  In order to keep the small-family farms open, either subsidies or competitive agreements between them and food stores need to be in place.

And why do we need to keep small-family farms open?

[Nhoj]

end all subsidies not just farm.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

They should only be available for small "family" farms in order to keep them competitive with the agri-corporations.

I agree.  The large maga-farm corporations can afford to run their operations without subsidies.  In order to keep the small-family farms open, either subsidies or competitive agreements between them and food stores need to be in place.

And why do we need to keep small-family farms open?

Elimination of genuine farms (as opposed to factories that produce agricultural products) has (and insofar as it's happend has had) a serious impact on food quality. There are cultural and community issues which ought to speak for themselves and there are also often environmental and animal welfare concerns.

It would be better to eliminate industrialised agriculture.

[opebo]

And why do we need to keep small-family farms open?

Elimination of genuine farms (as opposed to factories that produce agricultural products) has (and insofar as it's happend has had) a serious impact on food quality. There are cultural and community issues which ought to speak for themselves and there are also often environmental and animal welfare concerns.

It would be better to eliminate industrialised agriculture.

I could not agree more, Al, and well said.  It is an interesting component of capitalism that it almost invariably reduces quality and options, leading to a highly standardized shoddy produce or service.. kind of like the Soviet system did, they say.

[paul718]

They should only be available for small "family" farms in order to keep them competitive with the agri-corporations.

I agree.  The large maga-farm corporations can afford to run their operations without subsidies.  In order to keep the small-family farms open, either subsidies or competitive agreements between them and food stores need to be in place.

And why do we need to keep small-family farms open?

Elimination of genuine farms (as opposed to factories that produce agricultural products) has (and insofar as it's happend has had) a serious impact on food quality. There are cultural and community issues which ought to speak for themselves and there are also often environmental and animal welfare concerns.

It would be better to eliminate industrialised agriculture.

But if people don't mind the lower quality of food, why should it matter?  

As for environmental/animal welfare conerns, they should enact/enforce stricter laws.  That seems like it would make more sense than government subsidies.  

[opebo]

But if people don't mind the lower quality of food, why should it matter?  

They mind - lots of us mind!  But the problem is that capitalism ignores us - it serves only the majority or average, who, it is true, do not have enough taste or refinement to know quality food.  Also the kind of stuff they don't mind makes them weigh 300 pounds and die at 58 years old..