16. Farmer owned co-ops get the same subsidy money as the big guys
They typically don't lead in lobbying Congress for subsidies, though they do participate in the endeavour as spear-carriers. The lead roles fall to the ADMs and Cargills of the world, who know clearly which side their bread is buttered on.
The reference to coal is a tip of the hat to the fact that politicians can be bought by large business interests no matter how deleterious the side-effects of those businesses may be.
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