Burton Folsom

When will the U.S. ever stop paying farmers to not farm?

For decades, the government has paid farmers not to plant crops. Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the history of farming subsidies, how they have never worked and why we can't seem to get rid of them.

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