As an Australian, this is funny. Your Dept of Agriculture is one of the most socialist "redistributors of wealth" in the world. Annual subsidies to US farmers

As an Australian, this is funny. Your Dept of Agriculture is one of the most socialist "redistributors of wealth" in the world. Annual subsidies to US farmers is of the order of $25B+ per year. This includes non-tariff barriers such as price supports for sugar, import barriers and quotas such as on lamb and beef, export supports, crop insurance and other benefits. The DoA has been doing this for 75+ years and the majority of farms are now corporate-owned. The majority of these taxpayer subsidies are directed straight into the hands of corporate shareholders.