Pretty sickening...

[juanbenae]

matt, and i thought you may have been gay. not that there is anything wrong with it.

[fintstone]

Originally posted by cool_chick
LOL flintsonte...pretty elaborate story I made up, huh? lmao. I wish I could be that creative.

Bottom line...there is much more "welfare" given to the "rich" than to the poor in this country. And all it's doing is making the rich richer.

I'm glad you enjoy your tax dollars being spent on corporate welfare.

Seems like people should "hate" the republicans...they give money to the rich.

Yes, pretty elaborate fiction. Too bad you couldn't cite any of the bill that you mistakenly posted as enacting the "subsidies" you describe. I'll bet tactics like that work with less informed audiences.....pretty pathetic, but a long-time democratic tactic....scare the poor and uniformed so they will vote democrat.

[350HP930]

Originally posted by red-beard
Who benefits from farm subsidies? In general, "the people". Prices are not high enough for a farmer to stay in business. So we "pay" the farmer more than the crop is worth. We benefit from the low price. If supply and demand we allowed to act, the price would go higher.

On your second point, how many Billionaire farmers are they? Even corporate farmers?

Ah, so thats the reason why multi-billion dollar farm conglomerates like ADM get millions in government farm subsidies?

Ah yes, we the people benefit when our tax dollars are redirected to very profitable multinational corporations.

[cool_chick]

In theory your points would be valuable. In practice...it's not happening.

sorry to burst your bubble.

[red-beard]

Originally posted by 350HP930
Ah, so thats the reason why multi-billion dollar farm conglomerates like ADM get millions in government farm subsidies?

Ah yes, we the people benefit when our tax dollars are redirected to very profitable multinational corporations.

Look, I do not like Farm Subsidies. But the _effect_ of the farm subsidies is lower prices. Our farm subsudies are a major issue with the WTO.

But to call Farm subsidies Corporate welfare is BS. What people are talking about when they say "Corporate Welfare" are tax breaks to specific industries.

[tabs]

I say Welfare is a good thing it keeps the{edited by the Z Man} from coming to my house and stealing from me.....

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by red-beard
But to call Farm subsidies Corporate welfare is BS. What people are talking about when they say "Corporate Welfare" are tax breaks to specific industries.

Then what is it?