Climate uncertainty could cost taxpayers more
Series: Climate Pains
From: Harvest Public Media Group
Length: 00:03:27
Global warming? More like global weirding.
Historic floods and drought conditions are happening at the same time, setting this up to be a rough year for farmers.
If that doesn’t grab your attention, consider this: If you pay federal taxes, then you subsidize the crop insurance industry.
As Harvest Public Media’s Tim Lloyd reports, all this crazy weather could make that an expensive proposition.
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Global warming? More like global weirding.
Historic floods and drought conditions are happening at the same time, setting this up to be a rough year for farmers.
If that doesn’t grab your attention, consider this: If you pay federal taxes, then you subsidize the crop insurance industry.
As Harvest Public Media’s Tim Lloyd reports, all this crazy weather could make that an expensive proposition.
Transcript
INTRO: Global warming? More like global weirding.
Historic floods and drought conditions are happening at the same time, setting this up to be a rough year for farmers.
If that doesn’t grab your attention, consider this: If you pay federal taxes, then you subsidize the crop insurance industry.
As Harvest Public Media’s Tim Lloyd reports, all this crazy weather could make that an expensive proposition.
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If that doesn’t grab your attention, consider this: If you pay federal taxes, then you subsidize the crop insurance industry.
As Harvest Public Media’s Tim Lloyd reports, all this crazy weather could make that an expensive proposition.
Federal crop insurance was created after the Dust Bowl.
(fade up sound of old news reel from Dust Bowl describing storms and locations)
At the time the fear was environmental calamity could wipe out parts of American agriculture.
And even today taxpa...
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