Did you get your $14,650 worth of corn last year? That's what we each paid to subsidize corn production - NO KIDDING. In 2011the subsidies for just corn were $4.6 Billion dollars. The US population is under 314 million which equates to $14,650 per US citizen to subsidize corn production.
Feeling full yet?
Not one penny of that money went towards growing organic corn. Every penny that actually went into growing corn went to "conventionally" grown corn which means that it went towards growing GMO corn. $14,650 for every person in the US went to overgrow corn that isn't fit for human consumption. Too strong a statement?
Recent studies that I have reported on in this blog have demonstrated that the genetic modification in corn remains stable and ready to alter bacteria cells to create pesticides. Since the main component to the human digestive system is bacteria the problem is obvious. I for one do NOT wish my digestive bacteria multi-tasking. I want them just to break down food to feed my body.
Ready to blame one political party or the other for this nonsense? Me too. The only problem is that this is a bipartisan issue. The 15 senators who push the hardest to keep the subsidies alive have only 2 things in common - proximity and contributions from Monsanto, Archer Daniels, National Corn Growers Assoc., Poet LLC, Growth Energy, and Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. The senators are from the Midwest.
They have received campaign contributions from these companies in amounts from $10 to $15,000 all the way to $36000. They are as follows:
Grassley Rep Iowa $36,000
Bond Rep Mo, Harkin D. Iowa, Nelson D. Neb at least $20,000 each
Thune R SD and Conrad D ND between $10 and $15,000 each.
Our silence on this issue contributed $14,650 each to this stupidity. $14,650 each!
They stand behind ethanol to justify this. How many of us could eat and fuel our cars on $14,650? We may not be able to get both done, but I'd like to try. How about you?
Be well and more soon....
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