Interested in seeing who in your city receives farm subsidies, and how much they have gotten....
Indiana Farm Subsidy Search || EWG Farm Subsidy Database
Indiana Farm Subsidy Search || EWG Farm Subsidy Database
Anybody know how this works ? I did a search for my zip code in Indy ( 46241 ) .
The first guy that shows up has received $ 188, 277.88 for corn and soy bean crops in Newton and White counties .
All together it looks like 74 folks in that zip code (Indianapolis) have received $ 471,318 .
So you don't actually have to live on / near your "farm" / crop to be a " farmer " and get subsidies ? Seems like a racket to me .
Funny thing I noticed. A large snobby farmer that lives in my area has received 5,000,000.00+ since 1995!! Adding insult to injury one of his 15 year old sons got 116K. His 12 year old 58K and one that is around 6 years old got 12k!! WTH?!!
I need to get a farm!
Whats there to be pissed about? Why would anyone blame THE PERSON? Can't blame the mother of 12 for taking a free check... Can't blame the young farmer for choosing to live in a mansion from government subsidy.
The problem does not lie in the inhibitions of the individual... this is a systematic problem! Be mad at the system. The government creates their monopoly money out of the sweat and hardwork of the American people... these farmers included. Why would a farmer or a black college student or anyone else refuse to play Monopoly?
The system is such a farce that I don't blame ANYONE for exploiting it. Hopefully EVERYONE exploits it and increases the speed at which it collapses!! Hitting the "RESET" button is the only way that we can get this government monster under control.
Blaming the system is what liberals do. Taking advantage of the system is not the right thing to do; individual responsibility is the answer. Why would you think a "reset" would be better? The only reason the United States is the best place to live on this planet is because of our Constitution. I believe the NWO folks want a reset if they can't slowly manipulate our country into their New World Order. A reset would put a lot of wicked people in charge of the new government. Everything they do is setting us up for a reset, their way. It would not be better.
First... I don't buy into the Liberal/Conservative finger pointing. Its all a bunch of Crips vs Bloods bull**** to me. Liberals/Conservatives/Libertarians... we are American's in my eyes. Imperfect and easily led astray. You can blame OUR problems on the "Liberals" if you want.... Its not going to get you or this country anywhere.
I would say that you are overly optimistic if you think that magically our circumstances will begin to digress back to a sustainable pace. We are on a freight train headed for the cliff and if you haven't noticed... passengers aren't calling for the conductor to pull the brakes. They are either asleep or cheering on the train! Your so called "Conservatives" included.
Furthermore... while the Constitution may have afforded the American people some amazing liberties post Revolution... its slowly becoming obsolete. Look around! I don't see much of the Constitution or the principles our Founding Fathers envision for us left.
The Constitution isn't the reason America has become the worlds "greatest place to live", at least not all by itself. The free market helped... the industrial revolution helped... and a lot of back door dealing, military interventionism and cunning cutthroat deal making helped. All funded by an out of control spending habit (thanks to the Federal Reserve deciding to print money out of thin air).
Mike Tyson lived in the greatest house in the world... but he took out a lot of credit and overspent to create such a lavish dwelling. Then he went bankrupt and put a tattoo on his face.
I love my country, but not in the way that Roman's loved the "Empire". I love the history... I love the principles the Founding Fathers promoted... I love the people, but right now their "spirit" is asleep. I think a reset will awaken that spirit and I don't think an NWO is going to be able to stop it.
The soul of this country is dying... I hope I'm alive to see it reinvigorated.