(08-28-2018 10:13 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 08:37 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I wonder how much of this goes to giant corporate farms and how little goes to mom and pop families.

I'm sure most goes to the large farms and corporate farms.

When the government was dispersing monies in the past, it would base the payments on things such as acres farmed, amount of grain produced, etc.

It would make sense that the more acres you farm and the more grain you produce, the more monies you'd be eligible for. You can't just give more to people who are producing/farming less.

Similar to tax cuts, the more money you make, the more a tax cut will benefit you.

This makes sense to me. Basically it's based on "damages" the farmer incurred.

I hope the Trump administration considered these sort of impacts when they decided new tariffs were a good idea.

Tax cuts and increased spending don't normally work out in the long run.