Stute Slap wrote:Also I hate all subsidies. I hate farming subsidies. I bet you are a subsidy leech yourself. Mortgage interest deduction, claiming deduction for children on taxes, etc. I'm sure you are entitled to your subsidies though, just like Joe farmer is to his.
Actually I do not believe I have ever received a subsidy. I don't own a home or have kids. I claim 0 on my taxes and receive the minimum return each year. I suppose in the next year or two when I buy a house I will receive some subsidies. I'll take them without feeling guilty because for the last 15 years I have been helping to pay the subsidies for our farmers or for all the poor people who pop out an extra kid just so Uncle Sam will give them more assistance. I know I have paid in more than I will receive and a lot of farmers probably couldn't say the same.
Drain wetlands, burn and mow every last tree and blade of grass, and burn or bury trash and tires. Those farmers sure are stewards of the land and environment alright.
And I would eat just fine without large scale farmers and if it were up to me there wouldn't be another kernel of corn turned in to chitty fuel. So don't give me the BS line about farmers providing my lifestyle.