the industry, it's kind of a national security thing. we need to produce a good crop every year to field the world. >> taxpayers pay premiums, administrative costs, even insurance loss, critics say that's not a federal responsibility, nor should taxpayers pay corn, wheat, soybean, peanut, rice and cotton farmers up to $40,000 a year in direct payments, whether they farm or not. >> paying farmers not to farm doesn't make sense, and neither does giving people money just because they happen to own land where historically there had been farms and make direct payments. >> virtually all crops getting record price, any tax to agriculture looks like a handout but crops are cyclical and insurance if not subsidized they say is important for stable food prices. bill: it's a debate that continues, william, laid out very well. will yament la jeunesse in l.a. on the home page,