Spook I will gladly have the government get entirely out of agriculture. Close down every single FSA office. Then I can grow what I want where I want and when I want.
Guess what will happen long term???? First over the long term prices would raise. Second there would be wild swings in the production of products. A crop would have a higher price and everyone would plant it so when harvested the price would fall. Then the next year little of that product would be planted. So there would be wide swings in production and price.
Read the documents that outline what the USDA was formed to do. Job number 1, Maintain an economical and abundant food supply. Does not say a single thing about protecting a farmer/producer.
So take all the costs of the USDA and add them to the food cost of the average American and the cost is the lowest by percentage, of anywhere in the world. So the USDA and the government programs are doing what they were designed to do. They where enacted in the 1930s when a large percentage of the population was under fed because of a lack of economical food.
My Mother can tell you all about going to bed hungry because she did not have food. She watched her Mother eat last so the kids could have food. My first wife talked about her and her Mother eating small portions so the younger kids could have enough food to not be too hungry. That has not happened since the Depression for the vast majority of the US population.
You really think there are no subsidies to manufacturing or the average worker???? Minimum wage is one average worker subsidy. Many more of the employment rules that protect the average worker do nothing for the farmer. Also low interest loans to other countries to buy manufactured products not just farm products. Many other departments of the government that do things that benefit manufacturing indirectly too.
Some are posting about how they have no sympathy for millionaire farmers. Better not look around too hard. Having a million dollars of assets is not too hard these days for a lot of the population. Farmers are a small percentage of that total. For every successful farmer I can name you ten that did not make it and took them years to get back to financial stability. Lots of half to one million dollar houses around many urban areas. So truthfully a million dollars is not near as much as it used to be. Heck a pickup can costs $50K now.
The Federal and sate governments subsidize EVERYONE in the US to some degree. Ag gets a big bulls eye because it is one of the few that is a direct payment. Heck the earned income tax credit would be massive because it is across the entire population. You never see what that cost is. Anyone on Medicare is getting subsidized. If you have flood insurance your getting subsidized. So we all are getting government help one way or another. So you had better watch pointing too many fingers. Your favorite program might be next in line to complain about.
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