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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: CG6468 on March 23, 2013, 03:44:59 PM

Title: $16 billion crop insurance payout stirs debate
Post by: CG6468 on March 23, 2013, 03:44:59 PM

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$16 billion crop insurance payout stirs debate

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 AP Article   (http://qctimes.com/news/local/billion-crop-insurance-payout-stirs-debate/article_32246b5a-935d-11e2-aeac-0019bb2963f4.html?comment_form=true)

Title: Re: $16 billion crop insurance payout stirs debate
Post by: J P Sousa on March 23, 2013, 04:48:34 PM

I have a lot of sympathy for farmers (I like to eat) but the government subsidizes 62% of the crop insurance premiums AND pays the excess over the limits of coverage as well. ????

I would think one or the other.

Maybe if the government would quit regulating everything, farmers would have a better chance of existing.
 
Farmers trying to stop flood of regulation (http://westernfarmpress.com/government/farmers-trying-stop-flood-regulation)

Title: Re: $16 billion crop insurance payout stirs debate
Post by: thundley4 on March 24, 2013, 06:44:38 PM

I wonder how that compares to money paid out to the scam and fraud filled Pigford settlement for black "farmers".