Comments on: 3 Steps to Protecting Food Stamps from a Cruel Congress http://www.eatdrinkpolitics.com/2012/07/09/3-steps-to-protecting-food-stamps/ Michele Simon has been writing and speaking about food politics and food industry marketing and lobbying tactics since 1996. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brad Wilson http://www.eatdrinkpolitics.com/2012/07/09/3-steps-to-protecting-food-stamps/#comment-1965 Brad Wilson Thu, 16 May 2013 19:47:44 +0000 http://www.appetiteforprofit.com/?p=2105#comment-1965 There are actually 4 steps here. The first has no number, take from farmer victims to give to SNAP victims (rob Peter to pay Pauline). It’s based upon several kinds of false analysis by EWG. In fact, most major commodity crops have lost money in recent years, and all have usually lost money since 1981 (vs full costs). None have had even half of record yearly average prices, nor have we had record net farm income. Our returns on equity from income, when above zero, have been lower than about any successful industry. Understanding benefits is misleading, as only a small fraction of subsidy recipients are full time farms, so it look like mega farms benefit, when really most of the top 10% are full-time family sized farms, or similar farms (somewhat smaller, or larger). Subsidies have compensated farmers for only about 1/8 of more than $4 trillion in market income reductions, (since we had a good farm bill, 1942-1952).

Instead of reacting to divide and conquer strategies from agribusiness, advocates should join farm justice farmers and call for making agribusiness pay, instead of any subsidies. This eliminates the need for any farm subsidies and frees up more money than any other proposal (ie. $100 billion). Instead of misguided bashing of one set of victims to help another, help us build a much larger movement that can win for everyone. Help us unite commodity farmers with vegetable farmers with organic farmers, etc. and with consumers and taxpayers. Click my name for documentation.

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