welfare-packed Farm Bill

[Lurker66]

Commodities, noway, cept for the cheese, most of that stuff was rotten.

Food stamps at least help grocery stores.

WIC is also a part of the "food stamp" program.

Ive got no problem helping farmers but paying them to not grow something is wasteful spending.

 

[Droberts]

more poor people than wealthy people.

more votes = win elections

cater to the masses to get elected.

 

[Billybob]

If you kick out the illegal aliens, who will work the farms?

There is a H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Visa program for migrant farm workers.

 

[yukonjack]

If you kick out the illegal aliens, who will work the farms?

There is a H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Visa program for migrant farm workers.

You guys will never figure it out. Cut off unemployment beneftis that last forever. Put limits on other welfare progams. Once you force people off the public dole they will have to work, farm jobs. Any job. Of course the left wingers will always come up with a million reasons why you can't do that.

It'll take this country going through another Great Depression before the Okie's ever understand it. Keep supporting businesses and President's that cater to illegal aliens and you'll eventually get what you pay for. By then it'll be too late.

 

[Billybob]

You guys will never figure it out. Cut off unemployment beneftis that last forever. Put limits on other welfare progams. Once you force people off the public dole they will have to work, farm jobs. Any job. Of course the left wingers will always come up with a million reasons why you can't do that.

It'll take this country going through another Great Depression before the Okie's ever understand it. Keep supporting businesses and President's that cater to illegal aliens and you'll eventually get what you pay for. By then it'll be too late.

I was only pointing out that there's a legal venue specifically for agricultural industry.

 

[JB Books]

You guys will never figure it out. Cut off unemployment beneftis that last forever. Put limits on other welfare progams. Once you force people off the public dole they will have to work, farm jobs. Any job. Of course the left wingers will always come up with a million reasons why you can't do that.

It'll take this country going through another Great Depression before the Okie's ever understand it. Keep supporting businesses and President's that cater to illegal aliens and you'll eventually get what you pay for. By then it'll be too late.

Thanks to Obama's new program, I will be able to pay cash for my house in Vail.

 

[farmerbyron]

The whole getting paid not to farm is a myth. I can only think of one farmer with idle farmland around here. The closest thing to getting paid for not farming are DCP payments which you can get even if you produce something.

I guess there is the CRP program but that is mostly utilized on poor farm ground that is not very productive anyways.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Farmerbyron what is the payment for no till. One farmer that I don't know very well said he is getting a big check for no till. He said "they pay for enrolling in no till and I don't have to work ground all summer, Hell ya, sign me up."

 

[cinco]

$392 Million for 2012 Oklahoma Food Stamps Through May

Yep, hard to believe isn't it? One word for this sort of expenditure at the state level (for a state such as OK)...

UNSUSTAINABLE...

1.) Here's what OK has spent on food stamps for 2012 through May (numbers rounded): $392 million

January 2012 = $79 millon
February 2012 = $79 millin
March 2012 = $78 million
April 2012 = $78 million
May 2012 = $78 million

Link here to other figures: http://www.okdhs.org/library/stats/sb/default.htm?Month=05&year=2012


2.) We spent almost $78 million in May for those on food stamps.

County Cases Recipients Value Average Payment Per Case Average Payment Per Person

State Totals 280,149 608,449 $77,990,739 $278.39 $128.18

Link to excel file http://www.okdhs.org/NR/rdonlyres/2EB501B7-3685-4102-8DC0-924272B33D0A/0/MSBT33_oprs_052012.xls

3.) Interactive Map of Food Stamp Usage in the United States
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...oodstamps.html

 

[tntrex]

Farmbill has been scamming you for a long time now.