RE: UK to leave EU
July 20, 2016 at 7:38 pm
(This post was last modified: July 20, 2016 at 8:14 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That seems rather vague. Subsidies are often labyrinthine and..imo, counterproductive...but in the case you specifically mentioned, it's all pretty straightforward.
Some operations collect whats called a "greening" payment under the auspices of adopting more ecologically sound practices and models. Large monocultures were collecting those payments, despite engaging what is probably the single easiest example of an ecologically unsound practice. If they wanted to continue to collect the full payment, they needed to comply with a ruling designed at reducing large monocultures or forfeit 30% of their "greening" subsidy
How is that a bad rule for small business, or "farmers", how is it detrimental, how is it a bad idea as far as subsidies aimed at promoting ecologically sound ag is concerned? I'm almost -certain- there are better examples...but why did that one stick out to you? Where did you hear that this was redundant bureaucracy that was crushing the little guy? It's an example of larger commodities interests scamming the shit out of corporate welfare......
Some operations collect whats called a "greening" payment under the auspices of adopting more ecologically sound practices and models. Large monocultures were collecting those payments, despite engaging what is probably the single easiest example of an ecologically unsound practice. If they wanted to continue to collect the full payment, they needed to comply with a ruling designed at reducing large monocultures or forfeit 30% of their "greening" subsidy
How is that a bad rule for small business, or "farmers", how is it detrimental, how is it a bad idea as far as subsidies aimed at promoting ecologically sound ag is concerned? I'm almost -certain- there are better examples...but why did that one stick out to you? Where did you hear that this was redundant bureaucracy that was crushing the little guy? It's an example of larger commodities interests scamming the shit out of corporate welfare......
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