Bipartisan Trillion Dollar Farm Bill To Line Corporate Pockets

[mrjarrell]

As usual, the bipartisan spirit is alive and well in DC. They're set to pass a new farm bill that will give almost a trillion dollars of our money to corporate interests and people who just flat out shouldn't be getting tax dollars. This is a travesty and has to stop. Let the markets work the way they're supposed to and everything will shake out alright in the end. If someone can't farm without stolen money to prop them up then they need to get into another line of business. This reallocation of wealth needs to stop.

Sushi Aid in $1 Trillion U.S. Farm Bill Irks Watchdogs - Bloomberg

 

[rambone]

Here are both versions of the bill.

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (S. 954) - GovTrack.us

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (H.R. 1947) - GovTrack.us


Both of our Senators from Indiana supported it.

Yea R Coats, Daniel IN
Yea D Donnelly, Joe IN

 

[No2rdame]

Calm down, it's just our government doing what it does best. Spending our money even though they've spent it all already. After all, if it's not laden with pork it's not a true bill from the US government.

 

[mrjarrell]

The rich corporations and "gentleman farmers" are going to get richer with this one. It's a travesty. A classic bait and switch.

Farm Bill Unlikely to Cut Subsidies for Wealthiest Farmers and Agribusiness - Economic Intelligence (usnews.com)

 

[Denny347]

I've been yelling for a long time that this. What a huge waste of tax money and no one seems to realize it.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Here are both versions of the bill.

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (S. 954) - GovTrack.us

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (H.R. 1947) - GovTrack.us


Both of our Senators from Indiana supported it.

Yea R Coats, Daniel IN
Yea D Donnelly, Joe IN

I'll bet we have quite a few, here on INGO, that support it too.

 

[IndyDave1776]

The problem, even bigger than the waste of our money being transferred to the undeserving is that this is what makes the family farm uncompetitive. Without Uncle Sugar handing out our money to 'farmers' surnamed 'Corporation' the family farmers would kick their tails into next century.

I've been yelling for a long time that this for a long time. What a huge waste of tax money and no one seems to realize it.

My guess is that they buy into the political marketing BS and believe that this helps actual farmers and not Cargill, Monsanto, ADM, et. al.

 

[mrjarrell]

Well, we got a temporary reprieve from the horrendous bill they almost passed. Now we just have to wait and see what new hell they come up with to replace it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/u...farm-bill-with-big-food-stamp-cuts.html?_r=3&

 

[IndyDave1776]

Well, we got a temporary reprieve from the horrendous bill they almost passed. Now we just have to wait and see what new hell they come up with to replace it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/u...farm-bill-with-big-food-stamp-cuts.html?_r=3&

How about getting the government the hell out of the supposedly free market? I know, it isn't going to happen so long as well-connected looters stand to gain from the prevailing methods of operation.

 

[miguel]

I am against the bill, but separating myself from my views regarding it, how much longer can the Speaker hold on with his weak ass ability to get things done time and time again?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I read this today:
Blog: House votes down Farm Bill

And one line in particular caught my eye:

The farmers are not a large constituency, but many are politically active. Once a reliable GOP vote, farmers have been trending independent or Democratic in the last two decades. This is a result of their increasing reliance on government for a wide variety of subsidies and payments.

Assuming this is true, it just shows to go you that the more people you can get suckled up to the sow, there are fewer that see anything wrong with the government acting like Santa...boy, are we in trouble.
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[mrjarrell]

How Indiana voted on the bloated Farm Bill:

AYE -- Walorski, Rokita, Brooks, Messer, Buschon, Young.
NAY -- Visclosky, Stutzman, Carson.

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