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Cut the taxpayer share of crop insurance premiums to 50 percent

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 10, p. 297. Written by Daren Bakst.

Cut the taxpayer share of crop insurance premiums to 50 percent

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What the document says

“At a minimum, taxpayers should not pay more than 50 percent of the premium.”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 297

The chapter states that taxpayers cover about 60 percent of the premium cost for policies bought in the federal crop insurance program, calls reducing that one of the most widely supported and bipartisan reforms, and says taxpayers should not pay more than the farmers who benefit.

What the document actually says

“At a minimum, taxpayers should not pay more than 50 percent of the premium.”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 297
That sentence, in plain words

Right now taxpayers pay most of this cost. They should pay no more than half.

What this is about

Farmers buy insurance for their crops. Taxpayers pay most of the cost. The book says they should pay half at most.

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