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To: Farmboy who wrote (60164)	12/16/2012 10:54:01 AM
From: greatplains_guy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Sprinsteen was from New JErsey. I don't know much about Bon Jovi. Here is a great site with inofmation about farm subsidies: The United States Summary Information •$277.3 billion in subsidies 1995-2011. .. $172.3 billion in commodity subsidies. .. $46.6 billion in crop insurance subsidies. .. $37.0 billion in conservation subsidies. $21.4 billion in disaster subsidies. •62 percent of farms in United States did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA. •Ten percent collected 75 percent of all subsidies. •Amounting to $172.2 billion over 17 years. •Top 10%: $31,400 average per year between 1995 and 2011. •Bottom 80%: $594 average per year between 1995 and 2011. farm.ewg.org