Novak Reports Paul's Military Support, Suggest Iowa Shakeup

[Spirit of '76]

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[Spirit of '76]

*Bump*

[torchbearer]

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[ThePieSwindler]

He did say someting about being against subsidies for agricultural companies that have ethanol-extracting operations. Which is of course a good thing from a free market perspective.. would this actually hurt him in iowa? Or would it actually help him with the majority of the smaller-scale commercial farmers that don't receive the subsidies that the large agricultural operations do?

[johnrocks]

Is Novak a neocon? I never really researched him.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Maybe he heard it on Hannity. :) Neocon comes to mind when I hear Novak, but I haven't watched him at all lately.

What this means is that expectations are going up for RP in IA, so we'd better rise to meet them.

Edit: Naw, I read it. He claims Brownback will put in a strong showing because of religious ties. He raises no expectations for RP. Which means we'd better rise to exceed them.

[Phil M]

Novak is a paleocon like Buchanan.

[Spirit of '76]

Sorta kinda.

He's a registered Democrat, though.

[Dave]

Novak is wrong when he says Brownback has used no mail or TV. I've gotten 2 slick pieces from Brownback.

[Dave]

He did say someting about being against subsidies for agricultural companies that have ethanol-extracting operations. Which is of course a good thing from a free market perspective.. would this actually hurt him in iowa? Or would it actually help him with the majority of the smaller-scale commercial farmers that don't receive the subsidies that the large agricultural operations do?

Opponents will try to scare farmers with Paul's position on this. It will work for some but I know Dr. Paul can explain himself well and there aren't many farmers who are happy with the current subsidy programs because of all the rules and the fact that the subsidies end up going to the biggest corporate producers and landowners. They're a means, really, to ensure that ADM and Cargill, et al have access to cheap grain. I think a lot of farmers could be convinced that getting the government out of the business would ultimately be good for them - but a lot of them will be afraid to operate without some kind of safety net since they've been hooked on it for so long.

Remember that there are fewer and fewer farmers in Iowa all the time as the size of farms goes up. Welcome to 'production agriculture', where hogs and turkeys, etc. are raised by the thousands in huge confinements and corporate farms manage thousands of acres of crops.

[remaxjon]

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[LizF]

Thanks for posting this Spirit!

[Spirit of '76]

My pleasure. :)

[JaylieWoW]

He did say someting about being against subsidies for agricultural companies that have ethanol-extracting operations. Which is of course a good thing from a free market perspective.. would this actually hurt him in iowa? Or would it actually help him with the majority of the smaller-scale commercial farmers that don't receive the subsidies that the large agricultural operations do?

I wonder about that too. Do the smaller farms outnumber the larger ones? I would suspect that with subsidies the larger farms might outnumber the smaller just from the simple fact that they aren't having to rewrite loans each year just to stay in business. I'll go see what I can find. If there are more smaller farms who would get a fairer competitive shake then we should definitely put the smaller farmers on our "to call" list.

[PaleoForPaul]

Many consider him a Paleoconservative:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoconservative#Prominent_paleoconservatives

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Novak

He surely isn't a neoconservative, considering his opposition to the Iraq war.

Somehow or other they have Ron Paul listed as a Paleoconservative, I wouldn't consider Paul one.

[sunny]

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[PaleoForPaul]

Log in, click on the digg button next to the story. :)

[torchbearer]

I wonder about that too. Do the smaller farms outnumber the larger ones? I would suspect that with subsidies the larger farms might outnumber the smaller just from the simple fact that they aren't having to rewrite loans each year just to stay in business. I'll go see what I can find. If there are more smaller farms who would get a fairer competitive shake then we should definitely put the smaller farmers on our "to call" list.

Small farmers really don't recieve the subsidies. For instance, Trent Lott is one of the biggest reciepients of farm subsides, not because he is a farmer, but because he owns a lot of farms. the more farm land you have the more likely you will recieve the federal money. small farmers in my area are now bankrupt, all we have left here is coorperate farms.

[PatriotOne]

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