Mar 28 2008

The sad saga of farm subsidies

So the Wall Street Journal thinks doing anything about the “thicket of hard-to-cut programs” in the Farm Bill is hopeless.  If anything, it looks like subsidies will go up.  Reason #1: $80 million worth of agribusiness lobbying last year. Reason #2: this is an election year. If you aren’t up on the ins and outs of Farm Bill politics, this article is a good place to begin. Check out the interactive map and complain!  It won’t hurt and it might help at some point.

Comments

  • Fentry
  • March 29, 2008
  • 6:55 pm

“U.S. Farm Subsidies” see “Starvation in Africa,” below.

  • Daniel Ithaca,NY
  • March 30, 2008
  • 10:16 am

“U.S. Farm Subsidies” see “U.S. promotes obesity,” below.

Since much of the corn subsidies end up as animal feed, or as highly refined ingredients for junk food/soda, such as high fructose corn syrup, corn starch or many other additives…

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