• xmunk
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    7 months ago

    It has been for a while though - family farms used to be the recipients of this fund for a mix of reasons involving economic stability and political kickbacks… it was highly controversial with non-farmers but at least that money was going into a section of the economy that would enthusiastically spend that money driving some additional economic growth. In the modern farm landscape this money just goes to line corporate pockets and drive useless wealth inequality growing stock buybacks.