HEALTH CARE or LIVESTOCK INSURANCE - WE CAN'T AFFORD BOTH

Oh the irony... as we are struggling to provide health care benefits for a nation of ailing, uninsured people... Parents with sick kids, single persons who can't afford a doctor, and elderly who must choose between medications and food. A crisis for sure. Yet, looky here at another kind of insurance. Since 1999 the Livestock Indemnity Program has been paying animal growers for losses incurred by natural disasters, blizzards, hurricanes, floods, disease, wildfire, extreme cold and heat... and every other threat you can imagine would affect any of these animals:

• cattle
• dairy cows
• buffalo
• catfish
• crawfish
• chickens
• deer
• ducks
• geese
• goats
• llamas
• alpacas
• reindeer
• sheep
• pigs
• turkeys

and rabbits...

Here's (sort of) what they are worth a piece. And what "proof" is required to make claims for livedeadstock? Well, there are papers to fill out (of course), and even third parties may apply... No shady deals here. R-i-g-h-t....

What reimbursements might be doled? Each "producer" may receive up to $80,000 in benefits. Unless your income exceeded $2.5 million in 3 years... Then (some) restrictions apply.

As far as I can tell... if you've got animal slaves and are in the carcass/murder industry... With a federal sugar-daddy... you probably aren't hurting for health insurance - one bit.

Animal Agriculture Kills Hogs to Kill Cows Double Meat Murder

The Missouri Cattlemen's Association wants to eradicate feral hogs because they are damaging pasture land that cattle graze on. These pigs may also carry disease that would affect animal grower's "livestock"... But hey - don't they have a plethora of drugs to take care of those nasty worms, viruses and other ills that animals get? The Missouri Cattle people also say that wild hogs will: "kill fawns and eat eggs of ground-nesting birds". But wait! Could these be the fawns that were bred on Missouri "farms" to be released for Missouri hunters? And this excuse is for the birds too: Animal agriculture is responsible for millions of birds being killed every year... so that investments in "food" animals is not compromised. Again we see it's all about the money - keeping Americans buying and eating (unhealthy) animal products. That's the bottom line.

Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife by the millions in order to protect his domestic animals and their feed. Then he kills domestic animals by the billions and eats them. This in turn kills man by the millions because eating all those animals leads to degenerative and fatal health conditions. So then man tortures and kills millions more animals to look for cures for these diseases. Elsewhere, millions of other human beings are killed by hunger and malnutrition because food they could eat is being used to fatten domestic animals. Meanwhile, some people are dying of sad laughter at the absurdity of man, who kills so easily and so violently, and once a year sends out cards praying for "Peace on Earth."-C. David Coates

What an awful chain of killing to kill yet even more - Stop the murder, stop the madness... Go Vegan.