JassWede
November 18, 2024, 1:07am
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Ending Grain Farming Subsidies
I propose that the following 3 policy proposals, about ending subsidies, get merged:
Written by @FreeThinker
This policy aims to eliminate government intervention in the agricultural sector by discontinuing all forms of food and farming subsidies. It is designed to promote free-market principles, enhance competition, reduce government spending, and respect individual property rights. Clear definitions and enforcement mechanisms are included to ensure full legal compliance and minimize ambiguity.
Policy Directive:
Effective Date:
All federal and state subsidies for agriculture and food production w…
Written by @Derek McDonnell
INTRODUCTION
In 2023 the US paid about $12.6 Billion in Agricultural Subsidies. The two crops that receive the most are corn and Soybean respectively. Exceeding $4 Billion of Federal Funds. The subsidization of these crops has lead to overproduction and market saturation that has created a host of problems for the United States. Ending these subsidies could have benefits for the Economy, Environment, and Food. All well reducing legislation rather than adding more. Below I will outline the bene…
Written by @Rob Moore
End subsidies on corn, soy and wheat. Instead use subsidies to encourage crop rotation, more variety and healthier fruits and vegetables.
The main reason for chronic illness in the US is poor diet, much of which comes from processed food. Our government subsidizes crops like corn to the point where it’s cheaper to buy it than it is to grow it. Which in turn leads to most food you find in grocery stores being made from the same ultra processed grains: corn, soy and wheat.
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…after searching furtherRooster Cogburn liberty1776
End all current ag subsidies. Monocrop subsidies have been a major cause of all our warped food incentives and terrible health.
End the legality of concentrated feed lots for livestock and fowl.
Incentivize truly integrated, regenerative, small scale farming on a massive scale. This means redirecting ag subsidy funds to regenerative farming only, on a temporary basis, until regen farming is on its feet after being destroyed by decades of corrupt government mal-incentives.
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Policy #2 and #3 should be merged into #1 since they all propose ending farming food subsidies, but while #2 and #3 do a better job of explaining the “why” #1 goes into a lot more detail about the how, and adds the aspect of foreign subsidies.
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JassWede
November 18, 2024, 11:11am
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This one is also the same subject:Rooster Cogburn liberty1776
End all current ag subsidies. Monocrop subsidies have been a major cause of all our warped food incentives and terrible health.
End the legality of concentrated feed lots for livestock and fowl.
Incentivize truly integrated, regenerative, small scale farming on a massive scale. This means redirecting ag subsidy funds to regenerative farming only, on a temporary basis, until regen farming is on its feet after being destroyed by decades of corrupt government mal-incentives.
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LibertySFS
November 23, 2024, 5:59pm
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End subsidies on corn, wheat and soy and shift over to fruits and vegetables
Nice comprehensive list on several people who have suggested the same solution.
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Jwash8403
December 5, 2024, 7:11pm
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Id like to see all subsidies dissappear honestly. In a true market, the market itself will show what’s needed. By the power of consumers buying said products. This is the same as subsiding any product. Subsidising a product to get people to buy it is ridiculous. People want it or not. In this topic however subsiding kills crop rotation and kills the fact of farmers producing what’s needed. Killing the land, as it’s well known much of our farmland wouldn’t grow anything without fertilizer. Because the farmers keep growing the same crop year after year.
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