Where Do Ag Subsidies Go?
May 15th, 2008 by Peter SudermanA lot of places, sure, but one of them is Manhattan. Here’s a map, courtesy of Matt Yglesias:
You know, last I checked, there weren’t a lot of farms on the Upper East Side. Awful lot of money going there, though.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I believe you meant to write:
You know, last I checked, there WEREN’T a lot of farms on the Upper East Side. Awful lot of money going there, though.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
It’s curious though that when you go to this interactive site & actually click on the red dots in NYC that none of the farms appear to actually be located in NYC…they are in places that you would think have farms…hmmmmm…
http://farm.ewg.org/sites/farmbill2007/mappage.php?&lat=40.74569634433956&lng=-73.97335052490234&z=12&type=Satellite
Also, it appears that a HUGE part of the country is getting subsidies.
http://farm.ewg.org/sites/farmbill2007/mappage.php?&lat=41.201561&lng=-96.032127&z=10&type=Satellite
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m opposed to subsidies, but I think the above map has been put out there to intentionally mislead people to think that New York City dwellers are getting AG subsidies for “farms” in NYC, which isn’t actually the case.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
How Bad is the Farm Bill…
In light of today’s front page commentary on the federal Farm Bill Fiasco, here are some more links describing how awful this legislation is….