I'm choosing to believe this is real.
Remember that new crazy woman who "handles Colorado" District 3?
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Rep. Lauren Boebert wins GOP primary after switching districts
NBC News projects Boebert won the Republican nomination in Colorado’s 4th District, friendlier territory than her former district.
Its worth pointing out that Handsy McGee here won the primary race for district 5 with a 44% of total votes. Her primary race was a clown car of candidates who refused to drop out in favor of a better candidate and definitely shallowed the waters. She will win this districtRep. Lauren Boebert wins GOP primary after switching districts
NBC News projects Boebert won the Republican nomination in Colorado’s 4th District, friendlier territory than her former district.www.nbcnews.com
Edit: a correction, she will win in her new district, not "again".
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$174 according to this. She hit 90 but they wrote it up for 84 in a 65.
CPR had an interview with Boobert recently, and the amount of socialism she was claiming credit for was *impressive.*
I thought she was AGAINST socialism?
www.cpr.org
I thought she was AGAINST socialism?
Colorado Congressional District 4 Republican candidate Lauren Boebert on immigration, water, and energy development
After four years in office, Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is nationally known for her vehement calls to seal the southern border and crack down
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Rep. Boebert: Oh, you're going to fact check me during the interview?CPR had an interview with Boobert recently, and the amount of socialism she was claiming credit for was *impressive.*
I thought she was AGAINST socialism?
Colorado Congressional District 4 Republican candidate Lauren Boebert on immigration, water, and energy development
After four years in office, Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is nationally known for her vehement calls to seal the southern border and crack down
Yeah - that was hilarious. Lie to a journalist, then get indignant when called on it.
And her points about farming are an interesting angle. They seem supportive of American families who farm, and there are many families farming, however in terms of production the USDA numbers show 3% of farms generate 52% of the production value while 88% of the farms only produce 19%.
I don't know what farming margins are like, but I can't imagine a farm generating $300k is clearing more than $100k in profit.
Without doing a deeper dive, this seems convenient for making political claims as it will resonate with a large number, but really be for the benefit of a few. I'm not sure all of the concerns of the large scale farmer directly translate to the small scale, though there are certainly some that do.
...great now this will be in my head and search history all day today.
www.ers.usda.gov
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I don't know what farming margins are like, but I can't imagine a farm generating $300k is clearing more than $100k in profit.
Without doing a deeper dive, this seems convenient for making political claims as it will resonate with a large number, but really be for the benefit of a few. I'm not sure all of the concerns of the large scale farmer directly translate to the small scale, though there are certainly some that do.
...great now this will be in my head and search history all day today.
USDA ERS - Farming and Farm Income
U.S. agriculture and rural life underwent a tremendous transformation in the 20th century. Early 20th century agriculture was labor intensive, and it took place on many small, diversified farms in rural areas where more than half the U.S. population lived. Agricultural production in the 21st...
www.ers.usda.gov
Related to food and farming. Gets into the fact that lots of family farm production rolls up to food corps and you end up with the oligopolies running your local store.
Furthermore. Looks like my earlier guess about net income vs gross cash was likely reasonable.
www.ewg.org
And:
...Farm subsidy payments have also been high for many years. Total farm subsidies just under 10 years ago, in 2014 and 2015, were around $10 billion a year. But farm subsidies skyrocketed in the past five years, starting with the addition of the Trump-era Market Facilitation Program, in 2018. (See figure 2.)
Despite record farm income and subsidies, some seek even more handouts
Despite enjoying record levels of subsidies and profits for large farms, and farm household income well above the U.S. average, some lawmakers want to increase farm subsidies for cotton, rice and peanut farmers.
And:
...Farm subsidy payments have also been high for many years. Total farm subsidies just under 10 years ago, in 2014 and 2015, were around $10 billion a year. But farm subsidies skyrocketed in the past five years, starting with the addition of the Trump-era Market Facilitation Program, in 2018. (See figure 2.)
That sounds an awful lot like socialism.Furthermore. Looks like my earlier guess about net income vs gross cash was likely reasonable.
Despite record farm income and subsidies, some seek even more handouts
Despite enjoying record levels of subsidies and profits for large farms, and farm household income well above the U.S. average, some lawmakers want to increase farm subsidies for cotton, rice and peanut farmers.
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...Farm subsidy payments have also been high for many years. Total farm subsidies just under 10 years ago, in 2014 and 2015, were around $10 billion a year. But farm subsidies skyrocketed in the past five years, starting with the addition of the Trump-era Market Facilitation Program, in 2018. (See figure 2.)
Whatever do you mean? This is good old American bootstrapping.
Taxpayers sent almost $123.2 billion to farmers between 2018 and 2022. Crop insurance premium subsidies brought in another $39.2 billion during those years, totaling $162.4 billion, or more than $30 billion a year.
Some members of Congress are seeking to pay out even more subsidies, especially to cotton, rice and peanut farmers, by increasing reference prices for covered commodities. Upping these subsidies would benefit fewer than 6,000 farmers, EWG has found, in a handful of Southern states. But record farm income and subsidies show why these farmers do not need to collect more payouts.
Taxpayers sent almost $123.2 billion to farmers between 2018 and 2022. Crop insurance premium subsidies brought in another $39.2 billion during those years, totaling $162.4 billion, or more than $30 billion a year.
Some members of Congress are seeking to pay out even more subsidies, especially to cotton, rice and peanut farmers, by increasing reference prices for covered commodities. Upping these subsidies would benefit fewer than 6,000 farmers, EWG has found, in a handful of Southern states. But record farm income and subsidies show why these farmers do not need to collect more payouts.
Even more egregious when you consider how many small farms have been driven out of business/bought up by giant conglomo ag-Corp.
One of the charts above indicates only 3% of farms are non-family, which I assume means conglomo ag-Corp, and they generate 10% of production. I was expecting the numbers to show much more corporate farming. It makes me wonder if those “family” farms are like Sackler families and really operate more like corporate entities. I can’t imagine everyone working on such farms is a family member.
Perhaps the families are aligned with bigger food companies like General Mills which needs so much corn that they are basically vertically integrated with a few family farms but separated by a technicality.
I’m still pondering all of this, but it is making me consider how much dog whistling might be going on when certain politicians like Bobert start talking passionately about it.