[Rhodes22-list] Farm subsidies.

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

The average landing fee for my jet is over $1500. The ADAP fund (from
the tax you pay on airline tickets) is regularly raided to pay for
other programs.  That is one reason our Air Traffic Control system is
so behind in technology.   Folks get all misty eyed thinking about
'poor' farmers losing their gubment checks. The facts are, the top ten
percent of farms get over 60 per cent of the subsidies.  These are not
mom and pop operations but huge agribusinesses.  Myths die hard.

Brad

On 7/4/06, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> Rummy,
>
> For a person who makes his living flying into and out of heavily
> subsidized airports, Brad certainly has a lot to say about yanking other
> people's subsidies.
>
> It seems to be something about goring other people's oxen.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
>
> R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> > You all are forgetting why farm subsidies exist in the first place: to
> > insure a sufficient, economical supply of food for our tables. Without subsidies
> > everything from milk to Wheaties would cost more and you might not find it on
> > the shelf every time you go to the store. Without subsides, farmers simply
> > would  not have any reason to stay in business. I come from the dairy state and
> > my wife  grew up on a family farm. It's a miserably hard life and they only
> > scratch out a  meager income. Not the type of life many people would endure
> > without the  subsidies. I know a few farmers, but no rich farmers.
> >
> > Rummy
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