Wealthy Farmers’ Subsidies Should Be Reduced (go back »)

 Yellow Corn MAKE BIG REDUCTIONShould subsidies to wealthy farmers be reduced? How about re-phrasing your question to read, “Should subsidies to wealthy farmers ever have begun in the first place?” The subsidies did little or nothing to help the small farmers, who supposedly, were the reason Congress got it past the Public in the first place. Our benevolent father figures in Washington didn’t appear to care for the small farmers, passing bills that benefited the rich farmers. As the small farmers continued to fail, the rich ones bought up the small farms at bargain prices, then reaped the rewards of the subsidies. Back to the original question, yes, reduce the subsidies, but reduce it to nothing for those farmers making $100,000.00 or more. $ l00K doesn’t go as far as it used to, but it’s a start. Now everyone knows that this is a ridiculous statement. What Politico has guts enough to buck big money? Not a prayer.