Subsidies For Agriculture

[corine]

To me, the best thing the gov't could do is butt out completely and by that I mean no more subsidies but as a trade-off we would go back to the pre-1959 days and have no income tax for farmers. Over the years I have found that subsidies received would equal income taxes paid (over a several year period). Things would be better around here if we didn't have to do all this stupid planning around taxes each year.

[cowman]

corine: Isn't that the truth! The most important consideration in just about every decision is the taxes. The whole damned western beef industry is run on taxes. When the federal government ended the 5 yr. average they made the biggest tax grab ever! How many people do you see feeding cattle who have no other choice? They know it is a loser but they are screwed by the tax system. Does this system really make economic sense in the big picture?

[corine]

Amen, Cowman. And just imagine not having to do all that lovely paperwork.