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<blockquote data-quote="OklaBrangusBreeder" data-source="post: 225246" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>(Though I admit I've never heard of an "equip" program nor do I know what it means/does. Nor have I ever taken advantage of any government programs personally (other than drought relief subsidies)).</p><p></p><p>I don't think some of you understand the idea of the Farm Subsidy programs at all....</p><p></p><p>It is common that government (be it for farming of Corporate hand-out programs) commonly makes money available to expand business. The idea being that the sooner you can help an enterprise expand and grow, the sooner that enterprise can </p><p></p><p>a) begin contributing to the tax base by paying taxes.</p><p>b) begin employing workers providing wages.</p><p>c) begin those workers spending those wages and expanding the consumer driven segments of the economy.</p><p></p><p>From an economic expansion perspective, ANY new company/business/enterprise that accelerates their time line to productivity is a good thing for the economy/nation as a whole.</p><p></p><p>So if the various farm programs/subsidies allows people to get their cattle efforts into production sooner than they would otherwise be able to do so on their own resources, in the big picture of things that probably is a good "investment" by the government in expanding the tax base and growing the economy.</p><p></p><p>If a government program pays a farmer say $5,000 and with the benefit of that program the farmer produces $15,000 of cattle production over the near future on which he pays $5,000 of taxes, that subsidy has paid for itself in the goverment budget. </p><p></p><p>I really don't think farmers taking government money are doing anything Corporate America is not doing. If the "big boys" have got their hands out in Washington, I don't see any reason that Farmers do not deserve to be at the same table.</p><p></p><p>(At least that is the way I see it).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OklaBrangusBreeder, post: 225246, member: 2672"] (Though I admit I've never heard of an "equip" program nor do I know what it means/does. Nor have I ever taken advantage of any government programs personally (other than drought relief subsidies)). I don't think some of you understand the idea of the Farm Subsidy programs at all.... It is common that government (be it for farming of Corporate hand-out programs) commonly makes money available to expand business. The idea being that the sooner you can help an enterprise expand and grow, the sooner that enterprise can a) begin contributing to the tax base by paying taxes. b) begin employing workers providing wages. c) begin those workers spending those wages and expanding the consumer driven segments of the economy. From an economic expansion perspective, ANY new company/business/enterprise that accelerates their time line to productivity is a good thing for the economy/nation as a whole. So if the various farm programs/subsidies allows people to get their cattle efforts into production sooner than they would otherwise be able to do so on their own resources, in the big picture of things that probably is a good "investment" by the government in expanding the tax base and growing the economy. If a government program pays a farmer say $5,000 and with the benefit of that program the farmer produces $15,000 of cattle production over the near future on which he pays $5,000 of taxes, that subsidy has paid for itself in the goverment budget. I really don't think farmers taking government money are doing anything Corporate America is not doing. If the "big boys" have got their hands out in Washington, I don't see any reason that Farmers do not deserve to be at the same table. (At least that is the way I see it). [/QUOTE]
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