What has been Bernie's position over the years on the VT analog of Wall St corruption?

[ProgressiveEconomist]

Every state has its own top industries, and its Senators tend to oppose policies that would hurt them outright, no matter how scandalous their behavior. IMO SBS's attacks on HRC's relationships with Wall Street would be the equivalent of an HRC campaign against billions of dollars in unconscionable dairy farm subsidies. See this webpage:

http://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?fips=00000&progcode=dairy

If you'll remember, the first agriculture bill the House passed for the current fiscal year ZEROED OUT food stamps (SNAP) entirely, so that long-wasteful farm subsidies could be increased, or at least not be cut.

The two biggest differences between VT dairy subsidies and protection of Wall St by NY ers are that

(1) the scale of NY is galactic compared to the scale of VT; and

(2)
there is nothing for a VT pol to lose by turning Wall St into a bogeyman, while upstate NY has some dairy farmers too.

If Bernie really is a progressive, has he been as consistent railing against dairy farm subsidies as he has been fomenting undifferentiated hostility against the Wall St "billionaire class"?

Damn autocomplete required me to edit in my lost URL shortly

[warrprayer]

1. Corrupt Corporate Cows

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[ProgressiveEconomist]

2. The top single corporate

beneficiary of dairy subsidies raked in over $13 million, and that ain't hay!

[Warren Stupidity]

3. 22% lead right now.

An historic whumping.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

6. Off topic

[Warren Stupidity]

7. Largest turnout ever for a NH primary.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

8. Please use your VTer knowledge

to address the issue I've raised in the OP.

From my reading of previous posts of yours, you seem to be maven about VT politics.

[beam me up scottie]

4. Bernie's in the pocket of Big Moo™?

Say it ain't so Bernie!!!

[warrprayer]

22. Rotf n/t

[cali]

5. Hell no. Thank god for dairy subsidies

And btw, there are no agribusiness behemoths in my state.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

9. Do you advocate raising

dairy subsidies, and cutting SNAP as "welfare"?

[cali]

10. No. And I'm ok now, I think, with

trimming- not slashing- dairy subsidies. Vermont's dairy industry has been significantly revitalized, in large part.because of value added proud, cheese being the most important.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

11. More important than Ben

& Jerry?

Do any federal or State laws deter the use of out-of Vermont milk to make ice cream, cheese, and other dairy products?

[mhatrw]

12. You seem to be milking this topic for more than it is worth.

BTW, Sanders really creamed Clinton in New Hampshire.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

16. IMO Bernie's past record

with corrupt top economic interests in his state deserve just as much scrutiny as Hillary's. Why does Bernie demand a level of scrutiny for Hillary that he spares himself? He's breaking the Golden Rule of Politics, IMO.

BTW, the NH race for delegates up for grabs last night was a 15-15 tie, though you'd never know that from top-of-thread titles at GDP.

http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/new-hampshire?lo=ut_d1

[mhatrw]

18. OK, please dig up all the dung on Bernie and his indefensible cowtowing.

Let the chips fall where they may.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

19. Please keep the bad puns

coming. So far IMO you haven't topped the standard I set in post number 2 above: "raked in $13 m ... and that ain't hay!"

[warrprayer]

23. .....

[ProgressiveEconomist]

24. kick

[warrprayer]

27. Opps

I think you were replying to the op!

[cali]

13. Yes, out of state milk is allowed

in value added products. The Vermont specialty food industry is a significant and growing piece of the state economy and its success rests almost entirely on three little words: Made in Vermont.

http://vtdigger.org/2015/02/22/vermont-brand-adds-value-rules-claiming-connection-complex/

From the article:
And while you must be based in Vermont to include the state in your company name, no such requirement exists for using the name of a Vermont town. Cabot Creamery, for example, is based in Cabot, Vermont, but uses milk from dairy farms located out of state and indeed outside of Cabot, and discloses this clearly on their front label. Therefore, it is perfectly legal to keep the name Cabot, but the creamery couldn’t legally be named “Vermont Creamery” or “Cabot Creamery of Vermont” without disclosing they contracted with farms outside of the state. Another example is Castleton Crackers, a Castleton, Vermont, based food company whose business expanded and temporarily relocated to Massachusetts before finding the right production facility in Castleton and returning to Vermont. Despite relocating out of state, at no point did Castleton Crackers have to change its name or front label, whereas it would have should it have been called “Vermont Crackers” or “Castleton Crackers of Vermont.”

[ProgressiveEconomist]

14. So which side does Bernie

take in the economic battle that pits dairy farmers, who want higher prices and higher subsidies, against middle class and poor families and corporate milk buyers, who want lower prices? Most likely, like all pols, Bernie wants to be seen as both for and against both sides.

[cali]

15. Research it. I'm not your answer machine

And oh. You're welcome.

Good bye.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

17. I first thought to title my reply

"Thank you", but then though that title had no chance of inspiring
replies that would kick this thread.

A belated "thank you".

[jfern]

21. The big cows got bailed out with some hay from a bail of hay because they were too big to fail

[ProgressiveEconomist]

25. Huh?

[warrprayer]

28. Bad cows!