Mike, I too was against farmer welfare back when it was happening, and I'm a farmer who reaped the benefits from the program. I received a payment just because I was a farmer, like I'm a privileged person. All farm welfare did was raise the rents. No renter benefited from the program.
As far as public access to what we farmers receive goes, the public has the right to know where their tax money is spent, but the public doesn't understand what those payments are. If a farmer seals grain, which is a form of a government loan, that money loaned is listed along with the welfare payments. The farmer either has to pay off the loan or forfeit some grain as payment. I think grain bin loans are listed the same as welfare income too but I'm not 100% on that. I found that website and looked myself up and I wondered where all the money came from till I started adding it up and figured out some grain I sealed was listed too. Haven't checked it lately to see if my grain bin loan income is on the list.
In my humble opinion, all we need is some sort of an insurance program to keep the normal farmer afloat in a bad year or two. The high debt farmers with the flashy machinery they don't need, well, they can just suffer the consequences. Jim
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