Farm Bill 2010-> Ca for many years didnt get much out of the farm billwhy the farm bill matters and what the FB can do with-> story of consoldation – using dairy / competition and fairness issues / can farmers make a living?in theory every 5 yrs / last 2008 / next one expires in 2013 and this could be whats proven wrong but people think 2012 will be tackled…deficit is theme…Legislastive PhaseImplementation phase – usda gets instructions from farm bill – expands regulations into huge stacks of paper – can take years to get rules out of USDA…
2/3 of Farm Bil = Food Stamps, EBTFunding – Appropriations – “Its all about the word manditory”usda and farm bill – food stamps and 80% of usda budget is mandatory… 20% is decretionary = political.COOL labelingappropriations are every yearWHAT NEEDS to change from descretionary to funded = economic delopmenty / rebuilding regional food / infrastructure grants /—Dairy example:needs –markets that work / big buys dont need to be bullyseconomic develipmentrebuilding food systems – “it will take govt. intervention to rebuild them”There is the eternal policy about commodities – we have a cheap corn and cheap wheat policy.beneficiarys are ADM and Cargill
;—Agriculture is part of a $2.5 trillion-worth of tax credits, which have no measurable impact on income per head but are tied to a single 10% change over 10 years in real terms.farm bill was put in place to get money to buy up ‒and since 2011, most of that money has gone to farm bills.Farm bill will expire in 2021 after a 2 year review process and a new policy can be put in place.Congressional Democrats’ plan does nothing to solve the economic ills of today’s farm bill and to help fix America’s ills.‒and the plan is the answer.It will get a big boost from a stronger US economy and an overall investment in our agriculture.The #2 economic issue to focus on in this debate is the lack of a universal basic income in this country. The people of America have already put forward a simple set of common-sense steps to fund our most common agricultural problems. We have tried to put them to those people, but it will take a bipartisan consensus, more than 40 votes, in Congress to produce that plan.We can’t afford to continue to support a system that’s designed for people to give up their traditional entitlements, and people no longer earn their living using our common good. They just don’t give a crap about that $2 wage.Our only hope is for a national discussion around the idea that people already pay their fair share, without the added burdens.In 2015, we passed SB 1051, which passed in its entirety by 691 votes. We passed it through a very complicated political process because one of the main questions that the United States needs to ask is: How did this legislation pass to make government more accountable, without the government being able to dictate to people what we do with our money? I think you can understand why this bill is so important: People need basic, universal pay, as we did with that national initiative, without any other means to pay their fair share.The basic question about raising the federal minimum wage will be important for these same reasons. We need to do something at the same time to raise the minimum wage as well, for the most part.Our job is to raise the standard of living of middle class families in every county in America, not merely by raising the minimum wage. We need more food stamp and food safety checks by Congress to tell states what they can and cannot do.The #2 economic issue to focus on is the lack of a universal entitlement to medical care and care from
;—Agriculture is part of a $2.5 trillion-worth of tax credits, which have no measurable impact on income per head but are tied to a single 10% change over 10 years in real terms.farm bill was put in place to get money to buy up ‒and since 2011, most of that money has gone to farm bills.Farm bill will expire in 2021 after a 2 year review process and a new policy can be put in place.Congressional Democrats’ plan does nothing to solve the economic ills of today’s farm bill and to help fix America’s ills.‒and the plan is the answer.It will get a big boost from a stronger US economy and an overall investment in our agriculture.The #2 economic issue to focus on in this debate is the lack of a universal basic income in this country. The people of America have already put forward a simple set of common-sense steps to fund our most common agricultural problems. We have tried to put them to those people, but it will take a bipartisan consensus, more than 40 votes, in Congress to produce that plan.We can’t afford to continue to support a system that’s designed for people to give up their traditional entitlements, and people no longer earn their living using our common good. They just don’t give a crap about that $2 wage.Our only hope is for a national discussion around the idea that people already pay their fair share, without the added burdens.In 2015, we passed SB 1051, which passed in its entirety by 691 votes. We passed it through a very complicated political process because one of the main questions that the United States needs to ask is: How did this legislation pass to make government more accountable, without the government being able to dictate to people what we do with our money? I think you can understand why this bill is so important: People need basic, universal pay, as we did with that national initiative, without any other means to pay their fair share.The basic question about raising the federal minimum wage will be important for these same reasons. We need to do something at the same time to raise the minimum wage as well, for the most part.Our job is to raise the standard of living of middle class families in every county in America, not merely by raising the minimum wage. We need more food stamp and food safety checks by Congress to tell states what they can and cannot do.The #2 economic issue to focus on is the lack of a universal entitlement to medical care and care from
;—Agriculture is part of a $2.5 trillion-worth of tax credits, which have no measurable impact on income per head but are tied to a single 10% change over 10 years in real terms.farm bill was put in place to get money to buy up ‒and since 2011, most of that money has gone to farm bills.Farm bill will expire in 2021 after a 2 year review process and a new policy can be put in place.Congressional Democrats’ plan does nothing to solve the economic ills of today’s farm bill and to help fix America’s ills.‒and the plan is the answer.It will get a big boost from a stronger US economy and an overall investment in our agriculture.The #2 economic issue to focus on in this debate is the lack of a universal basic income in this country. The people of America have already put forward a simple set of common-sense steps to fund our most common agricultural problems. We have tried to put them to those people, but it will take a bipartisan consensus, more than 40 votes, in Congress to produce that plan.We can’t afford to continue to support a system that’s designed for people to give up their traditional entitlements, and people no longer earn their living using our common good. They just don’t give a crap about that $2 wage.Our only hope is for a national discussion around the idea that people already pay their fair share, without the added burdens.In 2015, we passed SB 1051, which passed in its entirety by 691 votes. We passed it through a very complicated political process because one of the main questions that the United States needs to ask is: How did this legislation pass to make government more accountable, without the government being able to dictate to people what we do with our money? I think you can understand why this bill is so important: People need basic, universal pay, as we did with that national initiative, without any other means to pay their fair share.The basic question about raising the federal minimum wage will be important for these same reasons. We need to do something at the same time to raise the minimum wage as well, for the most part.Our job is to raise the standard of living of middle class families in every county in America, not merely by raising the minimum wage. We need more food stamp and food safety checks by Congress to tell states what they can and cannot do.The #2 economic issue to focus on is the lack of a universal entitlement to medical care and care from