Based on the subsidies we pay out to farmers year after year it doesn't seem like anything is changing.
this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
141 points (99.3% liked)
politics
19135 readers
2407 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
It has been for a while though - family farms used to be the recipients of this fund for a mix of reasons involving economic stability and political kickbacks... it was highly controversial with non-farmers but at least that money was going into a section of the economy that would enthusiastically spend that money driving some additional economic growth. In the modern farm landscape this money just goes to line corporate pockets and drive useless wealth inequality growing stock buybacks.
Farmers have been getting special payments all my life. I wouldn’t mind if it was spread around to the rest of us. But we need billionaires, so fuck you and me.
My whole life too brother. I don't think it's going to end so I may just start a farm, knowing my luck that will be the year farm subsidies actually die though.
Unless you start a massive corporate farm you will never get a piece of this pie. Don't for one second think that small family farms will get anything out of GOP legislation.
To hear the apologists for rural areas having more rights than everyone else, the rural folk only grow everyone's food for altruistic reasons, and we should all be thanking them for their service...
But how is every teenage farmer going to afford an $60,000 pickup?
The GOP is representing pretty much nothing but corporate interests, and citizen rights repression. A recipe that will take decades to repair, if ever.