No one wants someone to lose their home(aka-family farms)....but why should the govt subsidize these farms?
Either they are paid b/c their crops failed...or they are paid NOT to farm their land. Why is that?
2006-11-16 02:52:49 · 8 answers · asked by kissmybum 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
There's no reason in the world that our government should be subsidizing farmers or any other business. When you go into business you are taking a risk no matter what the product is. Elimination of risk is socialism at best but more like communism. If farmers want to eliminate the risk of crop failure let them buy insurance.
As already mentioned, farm subsidies are all about votes. The Senators from South Dakota are arguing now for $5 billion in aid due to a friggin' drought.
2006-11-16 03:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by noils 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was done to prohibit farmers from over/under producing the agricultural market. This was established to prevent the farm collapses of the 1930's from happening again and preserving the US agricultural system.
2006-11-16 03:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most countries recognize that food security is a part of their national security. So, agriculture has been subsidized in one way or another around the world.
If the world were to achieve a peaceful economic equilibrium, then trade would take care of our food needs. But leaders like President Bush constantly disrupt the international balance, making world peace and economic stability very hard to achieve.
2006-11-16 03:02:06 · answer #3 · answered by ideogenetic 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because not all years are good growing seasons. They pay them not to grow certain crops because some take off on certain years creating more than needed, and sending prices too low for the farmers to sustain a livelyhood. Nice bum by the way.
2006-11-16 02:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its not so much family farms that are subsidized as it is the Agribusiness. I agree, if we as Americans truly believe in free trade; such subsidies should be terminated.
2006-11-16 02:55:33 · answer #5 · answered by Edward 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
farm crop fees, yields, and expenditures variety very much from 12 months to 12 months. the administrative.subsidies help "point out" farmers earnings and expenditures from 12 months to 12 months. without government classes, finally, undesirable vegetation, fees might finally stress many, or maximum farmers out of employer. the USA would not could be dependant upon different international places for our foodstuff. consistent with threat, you think of , enable them to pass out of employer. enable the markets and furnish and demand perform. the priority with that's no longer adequate people could be waiting to swap the farmers that left the employer. land, equiptment, and so on is in simple terms too costly. adventure and expertice take years to improve. low-priced, plentiful foodstuff is in simple terms too significant of a recource for stability in this united states of america. the paying people to no longer improve , is an rather small area of a extensive application. additional money is going to money for issues like drought, too plenty rain or different organic mess ups. in all cases, the quantities paid to farmers do no longer cause them to wealthy, via any stretch of the mind's eye. without government subsidies, be arranged to pay - $5.00 for a loaf of bread, $10.00 gallon of milk, and so on.
2016-10-22 04:51:48 · answer #6 · answered by jaisigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the past being a farmer barely paid enough to make a living.. and that's if everything went well.. subsidizing keeps our farmers working by helping to regulate the marker and keeping farmers in business.. allowing them to be able to afford to feed our nation.
2006-11-16 02:56:31 · answer #7 · answered by pip 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Big money in farm subsides. Answer buying VOTES.
2006-11-16 03:01:43 · answer #8 · answered by edubya 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋