Dayton signs $79 million agriculture bill

WOW, Agriculture is ONLY .2 %!.

mlong wrote:

WOW, Agriculture is ONLY .2 %!.

And much of that is food safety, pesticide inspections etc. And people think rich farmers are bleeding the state.

reality wrote:

<quoted text> And much of that is food safety, pesticide inspections etc. And people think rich farmers are bleeding the state.

I think if people would read the federal government's Farm Bill they would realize that most of the money goes for conservation efforts, food safety, food stamps, and other programs that don't benefit farmers directly.

I think this is a little low, it should be around 280 million.

Joe wrote:

I think this is a little low, it should be around 280 million.

Why do you think it should be around 280 million?

At least it might be labeled a TAX and not a FEE .Fee Fee is now running for POTUS until you tell the world about his district court conviction! Then he is what he should be.Shoe- shine! He did a great job on district judge Gearin's ladies size nine pump! Don't worry about him ,he'll just be kissy-kissy with the deviants until they give him a plush job somewhere.Maybe in the torture for seniors department , or the kneeling for the ultra rich wing of the GOP.Or perhaps ,the shoe shine boy for the Tea Party.Especially once they learn WHY we hate him so much! As did the judge! Circa, Dec. 30,2009. put the date and Pawlenty on your search engine if you are uninformed about Timmy! He is toast!

mnremark wrote:

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Why do you think it should be around 280 million?

Because we should be able to print money like any other commodity.

cut spending and less taxes. Hooray

mnremark wrote:

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Why do you think it should be around 280 million?

maybe then it would be a big 1%.

Lamest reporting ever.

Who's getting the money and what are they going to do with it?

"The agriculture bill traditionally is "bipartisan, if not nonpartisan," said House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rod Hamilton, R-Mountain Lake, so it was relatively easy for the two parties and the administration to iron out their differences. "Despite high grain prices, it's great that Depression era agri-welfare for well to do farmers and fat cat agribusiness continues. Frankly, I don't know why the Tea Partiers and Republicans are not cutting more. That $79 million could be better spent elsewhere, like rural schools. But who cares?"

Would be nice to see this worthless program CUT out forevery ----------ethanol subsidies

Hey Dayton! How about kicking criminal illegal aliens off the dole?!

Those big brave Republicans always working hard to defend the wealthy!

Hey Fat o t Land! Where do you propose food safety, pesticide issues etc. be handled? A rural elementary charter school?

fat of the land wrote:

"The agriculture bill traditionally is "bipartisan, if not nonpartisan," said House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rod Hamilton, R-Mountain Lake, so it was relatively easy for the two parties and the administration to iron out their differences. "Despite high grain prices, it's great that Depression era agri-welfare for well to do farmers and fat cat agribusiness continues. Frankly, I don't know why the Tea Partiers and Republicans are not cutting more. That $79 million could be better spent elsewhere, like rural schools. But who cares?"

It finishes paying promised ethanol subsidies and increases inspections to improve food safety.

I smiled thinking this meant that they are cutting off subsidizing ethanol for good, but then I realized that Republicans in MN are completely spineless when it comes to funding farmers.

ketola wrote:

Those big brave Republicans always working hard to defend the wealthy!

Most farmers tday are wealthy.... it's very rare to see little old farmer Joe running his own farm these days... for instance David Letterman is considered a farmer and gets a nice chunk of the the subsidy

ketola wrote:

Those big brave Republicans always working hard to defend the wealthy!

Can you truly be this dense? If they are defending the rich, it would include your filthy rich, capitalist multi millionaire, Gov. Mark Dayton. These politicians must chuckle in amazement over what they can put over dolts like you. Amazing.

James wrote:

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Most farmers tday are wealthy.... it's very rare to see little old farmer Joe running his own farm these days... for instance David Letterman is considered a farmer and gets a nice chunk of the the subsidy

I cannot vouch for David Letterman, but I know Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III gets a sizable chunk of farm subsidies.

mnremark wrote:

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I think if people would read the federal government's Farm Bill they would realize that most of the money goes for conservation efforts, food safety, food stamps, and other programs that don't benefit farmers directly.

Not if you ask the Bachmann bashers!