| Getoffmylawn - 9/19/2018 11:37
The 1930's in response to the Great Depression. The original goals were to provide some economic stability to a system that was broken and keep family farmers on the land. The first part of that goal remains, the second part has kind of fallen by the wayside. The justifications for farm support programs has been that farmers have to deal with the uncertainty of nature as well as buying and selling in markets that can be monopolies.
Thank you, and Itchy, very much for your answers. I didn't realize it went that far back.
Perhaps I should have just stated the real question and left the other parts out. Live and learn, I guess.
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When did the American Farmer become an entitled "welfare mom"?
