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bluestateguy
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:32 PM Original message |
Do you think farm subsidies should be cut? |
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leftstreet
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you talking about individual farmers or ConAgra? |
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DCKit
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. #1 There are too many corporations classified as "family farms". |
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bahrbearian
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Exacty,, Michelle Bachman? |
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Blue Owl
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:35 PM Original message |
Let's ask anti-Socialist Michelle Bachmann |
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AngryAmish
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. yes |
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tosh
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely. |
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xchrom
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. conglomerates yes -- family farms absolutely not. |
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Obamanaut
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, and a lot of foreign aid as well. There is enough to spend money |
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PDJane
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Foreign Aid should be expanded.... |
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Obamanaut
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Millions jobless, homelessness abounds, home foreclosures, many have |
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PDJane
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. And all those things are disastrous. |
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Obamanaut
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Feel free to assume the foreign aid giveaways. We can use the relief. |
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PDJane
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You give less as a percentage of GDP than we do...... |
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Obamanaut
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. My vote would be for the percentage to drop to zero. If someone/anyone |
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PDJane
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Since the US uses 25% of the world's resources, |
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Maru Kitteh
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think they should be reorganized on a sliding scale. The smaller your farm acrage/head |
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Erose999
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Farm subsidies, especially the ethanol subsidy, is driving the overproduction of corn |
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Maru Kitteh
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. The American lust for cheap beef is behind the overproduction of corn. |
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pampango
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Definitely, but that's almost impossible politically. n/t |
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dmallind
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think they should be limited to independent farms under a revenue cap. |
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Kennah
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. If they use GMOs? Yes. |
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Democrats_win
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Prices are going up, farmers are getting rich. End the subsidies now! |
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progressoid
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Some are. But not from farming. |
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Statistical
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. End all of them. A worthless pure transfer of wealth. |
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progressoid
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Um, no. |
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cascadiance
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Rolling back corporate farm subsidies can be characterized as helping with immigration reform! |
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progressoid
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ha! Good luck with that. |
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Xithras
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Indeed on that. |
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Xithras
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Tue Jan-25-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. You're going to pay that money either way. |
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howaboutme
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. Most farms have become corporations |
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XemaSab
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. We need to restructure our water system |
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Alexander
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes, especially corn. No more HFCS and ethanol-based fuels. |
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calikid
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Tue Jan-25-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes! and I'm a fifth generation farmer in California |
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eridani
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. Why not eliminate them and replace them with income support? |
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yellowwood
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
34. An Emphatic Yes! |
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FormerDittoHead
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
35. The corn + ethanol subsides should be cut. |
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Stinky The Clown
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
36. No subsidies to Big AgriBizniss. Okay for true family farms. |
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yellowwood
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
37. Statistics --Like everything elsle--Great disparity |
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uncommon
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
38. I have a big problem with paying farmers to now grow food. |
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Odin2005
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. Look at the EU to see farm subsidies gone to absurd levels. |
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barbiegeek
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
40. Arizonia should not grow corn in the Desert, Monsanto cut. Family farms NO |
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MilesColtrane
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Wed Jan-26-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
41. No. |
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bemildred
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. Agribusiness yes, we can use the money to get small family farms going again. nt |
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ChoppinBroccoli
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. Here's Why I Love Farm Subsidies As An Issue |
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onethatcares
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. yes I do, especially for tobacco |
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