U.S. government paid $17 billion for weather-withered crops last year

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http://mentalfloss.com/article/52427/grave-sightings-mother-goose

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Drought-ravaged corn.

Desiccated corn and sun-scorched soybeans have been in high supply lately — and we’re paying through the nose for them.

The federal government forked out a record-breaking $17.3 billion last year to compensate farmers for weather-related crop losses — more than four times the annual average over the last decade.

The losses were mostly caused by droughts, high temperatures, and hot winds — the sizzling harbingers of a climate in rapid flux.

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1. Oh...isn't this is a good one!

The Re-Thuglican voting Midwest, crop basket LOVES to talk about how the big, bad government is the problem, while the hand behind their back is taking the cash.
The hypocrisy is thick here!

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2. Eh-hmm.

2012 Presidential election results


U.S. Corn production


U.S. Soybean production