pure pork. feds should have no involvement, much less subsidies, in insurance. let the private market either fail or prevail.
very disappointment that “conservative” politicians supported this, and the same for insurance organizations such as NAMIC.
shame on them.
I am guessing that neither of you deal with crop insurance. If you did you would know that agents that do all of the work on behalf of these companies do not get 14%. Agent commissions have been cut three years in a row down South. We are not even getting 10%.The time, paper, ink, and even gas (to go out and get signatures sometimes) is barely covered with what we get. And do either of you have any idea how much money it takes just to get a crop planted? Even small farmers spend hundreds of thousands each year and their efforts support a great number of other industries as well. Seed, fertilizer, fungicide, insecticide, gas for equipment, equipment cost and upkeep. A farmer can be financially ruined if the crop is destroyed. The only rich farmers are the ones that start off rich. The family farm farmer usually has to borrow money just to get the crop in the ground. Get rid of these small farms and you will be paying a whole lot more for your produce, cotton products, soy bean products, meat (corn and grains feed the animals we consume). The farmer is not the one that makes the money off the crops. It is the buyers (the middle men). I get so tired of hearing the complaints about farmers getting rich off of insurance. Do you know how much it costs to insure a crop? This industry supports a great deal that our economy is grossly dependent on-just think about a little while. If you curse a farmer–then do don’t do it with your mouth full or with cotton on your back.
Appreciate the restoration of Crop insurance help. How about a crude oil Import fee wg]\hich would raise domestic prices. Or the State of Texas could impose the old Proration like the 1950’s.
pure pork. feds should have no involvement, much less subsidies, in insurance. let the private market either fail or prevail.
very disappointment that “conservative” politicians supported this, and the same for insurance organizations such as NAMIC.
shame on them.
So, $3billion that will not be going to road repairs that are desperately needed.
I am guessing that neither of you deal with crop insurance. If you did you would know that agents that do all of the work on behalf of these companies do not get 14%. Agent commissions have been cut three years in a row down South. We are not even getting 10%.The time, paper, ink, and even gas (to go out and get signatures sometimes) is barely covered with what we get. And do either of you have any idea how much money it takes just to get a crop planted? Even small farmers spend hundreds of thousands each year and their efforts support a great number of other industries as well. Seed, fertilizer, fungicide, insecticide, gas for equipment, equipment cost and upkeep. A farmer can be financially ruined if the crop is destroyed. The only rich farmers are the ones that start off rich. The family farm farmer usually has to borrow money just to get the crop in the ground. Get rid of these small farms and you will be paying a whole lot more for your produce, cotton products, soy bean products, meat (corn and grains feed the animals we consume). The farmer is not the one that makes the money off the crops. It is the buyers (the middle men). I get so tired of hearing the complaints about farmers getting rich off of insurance. Do you know how much it costs to insure a crop? This industry supports a great deal that our economy is grossly dependent on-just think about a little while. If you curse a farmer–then do don’t do it with your mouth full or with cotton on your back.
Appreciate the restoration of Crop insurance help. How about a crude oil Import fee wg]\hich would raise domestic prices. Or the State of Texas could impose the old Proration like the 1950’s.