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| http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-09/farmers-boost-revenue-sowi...
Biased article full of inaccuracies, but it gives one an idea of the public view of crop insurance subsidies.
"A Depression-era program intended to save the nation’s farmers from ruin has grown into a 21st-century crutch enabling affluent growers and financial institutions to thrive at U.S. taxpayer expense.
Federal crop insurance encourages farmers to gamble on risky plantings in a program that has been marred by fraud and that illustrates why government spending is so difficult to control." | |
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Taxpayers Turn U.S. Farmers Into Fat Cats With Subsidies
