It’s nice to see that one thing never changes: people who get a rice bowl from the gummint will offer every specious argument in the world why their rice bowl should continue.
I’ve never taken a dime from the government for anything in ag.
Rice producers are, in fact, the biggest takers of US government ag largess, so you have that right.
I, however, have never taken a dime from the government for anything in ag. And I don’t grow rice.