Nov 7, 2009 4:44:31 PM cite

The reason I ask this, is because the government pays farmers not to farm. We spend over 1 billion dollars to pay people not to farm. I do understand the economics of this. But why couldn't we pay them TOO farm, and donate the crops to charities that need food. It never hits the market to cause inflation because it bypasses the market by donating it. People are fed and "happy". But this goes back to my recent posting. Feed people and stimualte the population, which would result in the need for more housing and more food, or is this simply a way of population control?

by Roark Thurston