I never knew NYC had so many farmers
Have a look at the map of Manhattan below (used recently by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in a speech). The red dots indicate people who live in Manhattan (and so clearly are neither hurting for money nor tilling the soil on the family farm) but receive agricultural subsidies from the federal government
The larger red blobs mark people receiving more than a quarter of a million dollars in farm subsidies annually.
The farm bill passed by House Democrats in July would continue giving millionaires farm subsidies (setting the income threshold for payments at $1 million a year, and keeping loopholes in place that allow some making much more to qualify). The Bush administration has proposed sharply reducing the income threshold to $200,000 a year and ending many of those loopholes. That would reduce the number of subsidy recipients by less than 40,000 (of the current million or so recipients)—though I suppose it might put some rooftop gardens on Park Avenue out of commission.
h/t nro.online
Tags: Bush's Fubar Economy
I look at that and think “I never knew NYC had so many Republicans.”
I’m sure 90% of those dots belong to rich-ass R’s who have smart tax accountants.
my thinking as well
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Thanks, DV. I always knew you were an admirer.
Also, when stealing an entire post from someone else, it’s usually polite to indicate that you did.
Not that intellectual honesty is your thing…
if you drag your cursor over the image the NRO site is plainly visible.
I didn’t change any of the post, I cut and pasted the entire thing over.
christ, I’d think I’d get kudo’s for even reading that trash.
however I agree how that could misconstrued. thought I didn’t think anyone would mistake that for my writing style.
We should clear up all of the confusion:
This map comes from the Farm Subsidy Database over at the The Environmental Working Group.
Their very cool map of current subsidy holders is zoomable to any area of the US and once you’ve focused in on an area, you can click on a datapoint to see the name and address of the recipient.
Uh oh.
I think my last post got forwarded to the moderation pile.
it’s actually a spam bin but I rescued it
I try to get dave’s in their but even the trash can doesn’t want his comments
Oh, and for those who think we can never wean ourselves off of farm subsidies, It has been done.
Thank you, Donviti!
Here is the subsidy map for northern NCCo.
Now I have to get back to work.
And while I think that limited subsidies for small farms (NOT producing wheat, corn, soy, cotton) can be useful, large farm subsidies are just silly. Especially now, that corn prices are rising pretty fast and other commodites are over-produced.
Looks like Bank of America is the biggest offender in NCC.
can someone please explain how someone that has a farm located in Mississippi, yet they reside in Delaware gets money?
this map from OM rocks!
That you think Manhattan is some sort of Republican hotbed is gobsmacking.
The answer is:
1. End farm subsidies
2. Failing that, require subsidy recipients to spend more than 200 in residence on their farm to be eligible for said subsidy.
Nice post Dave. I enjoyed it over at FSP.
Dave is right, it has been done and NZ is thriving. American farmers don’t need these handouts. They are proud people and the best farmers in the world.
“That you think Manhattan is some sort of Republican hotbed is gobsmacking.”
No great surprise around here Duffy. These are the same people that think the main stream media is CONSERVATIVELY biased.
oh that’s right a city of 7 million doesn’t have republicans. especially manhattan