The Global Food Crisis and the Need for Population Control

[vern_humphrey]

I have never understood the subsidies paid for rice or cotton in Missouri, since this the northernmost part of their range and they often are wiped out by weather. Crop insurance, of course, pays for that. Nor do I understand tobacco subsidies anywhere. But they’re paid too.

To understand it, look at Congressmen’s financial statements and campaign statements. They make money themselves off crop subsidies. My congressman, Marion Berry (D, Ark) makes about 10 times as much off subsidies as from his congressional salary. Since I brought this out in '04 when I ran against him, he has broken his holdings into “companies” and “partnerships” to hide it.

And of course, agribusiness contributes to their campaigns.

 

[Ridgerunner]

To understand it, look at Congressmen’s financial statements and campaign statements. They make money themselves off crop subsidies. My congressman, Marion Berry (D, Ark) makes about 10 times as much off subsidies as from his congressional salary. Since I brought this out in '04 when I ran against him, he has broken his holdings into “companies” and “partnerships” to hide it.

And of course, agribusiness contributes to their campaigns.

Capisce!

 

[Namesake]

TAll of history , esp. when we read it the way it is meant to be ( after all, if all of human race originated from the first couple, which is what science even is tellling us now,

That isn’t quite true. Science tells us that we originated from bacteria, probably, or maybe a better origin is simple replicator molecules. Bacteria is better because they are alive.