Farm Bill Makes Koch Bros. Billions

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by: Richard Rowe

For a party that regularly takes the moral high-ground of Biblical verse, the Teapublicans are doing a finer job by the day of proving that they follow anything but. Of course, some might express bafflement that Teapublican Pete Sessions should claim extending unemployment benefits is amoral, while Jesus all but sainted the poor. And the idea of taking food from the mouths of the hungry is a bit strange for those who “follow” a man who fed a bunch of moochers with free fish and bread.

Of course, these apparent contradictions are only puzzling for those who forget this particular snippet from Matthew 6:24 — “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Given that, it’s pretty clear: once you know the master, you understand the servants.

That the $8.7 billion food stamp cut was a key demand by Koch Industries’ front group Americans for Prosperity is well documented at this point, and that it was championed by Koch puppets and professional saboteurs Pete Sessions and Eric Cantor is equally documented. So, after a little digging, are the beneficiaries of the Tea Party Approved Farm Bill that passed…which will amount to a $90 A MONTH CUT IN FOOD STAMPS for many families.

And those beneficiaries, those masters, are none other than David and Charles Koch.

Biomass Subsidies
The word “biomass” sounds like a pretty environmentally happy thing, and it can be, depending on how biomass crops are grown, harvested and used. Biomass crops are “high energy” crops like willow trees and pine trees, and various kinds of seeds and oils. From 2009 to 2013, the Fed handed out almost $40 billion in biomass subsidies for energy crops — and a fat chunk of that went to Koch Industries. Aside from farming trees to burn in powerplants, Koch is a huge player in the biofuel (ethanol and biodiesel) market. In fact, the Kochs make almost as much per barrel on sugarcane and corn ethanol (which are rapidly destroying the Ogallala Aquifer) than it makes on its petroleum refining efforts. The Kochs clear $120 profit per barrel on soybean biodiesel alone — five times what it makes per barrel on fossil fuels.

- See more at: http://aattp.org/farm-bill-makes-koch-bros-billions-cuts-90-a-month-from-struggling-families-on-food-stamps/

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1. Billions more for the Koch brothers to fuck poor people with

[Sunlei]

2. We need to stop handing over our Federal Subsidies to these huge 'farms' and industries.

Subsidies should be limited to smaller farms and industries. Once any company can generate a couple million a year they should not need any GOV WELFARE AT ALL.

The generous local, state and federal income tax breaks are enough!