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Sam Brunson
@smbrnsn
When I was in practice, a senior partner in the tax department said, basically, that farmers always win. They're subsidized through the tax law. They're subsidized directly. Because we have this mythos of the yeoman farmer. 1/
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Rep. Ken Buck
@RepKenBuck
Why must a farmer who chose to forgo college be responsible for paying the tuition of the wealthy elite?
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Sam Brunson
@smbrnsn
The thing is,
@RepKenBuck
, farmers attend college at nearly the same rate as the average American. And I don't understand why you seem to think they're stupid and/or undereducated. 2/2
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@diana_platts
That isn't exactly true across the board though, is it? Doesn't that apply to big corporate type farming and not to small family farms?
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@ajslater
The argument I heard growing up in the 80s was that farmer subsidies were a strategic food supply buffer by the govt. to prevent famine. The math has never felt quite right on that.
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Rokid
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My family lost their dairy farm during the Great Depression. Why should I subsidize wealthy corporate farmers with my tax dollars?
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@Ceyx54
This is true now only for corporate farming conglomerates, because that's all there is. My family were small, independent farmers and got undercut out of the business. Thanks, Reagan.
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