Stockton Record Slams
House Farm Bill
The hits just keep on coming.
Democrats in the House of Representatives again have made it clear their priority is politics over policy, re-election over reason.The $286 billion Farm Bill, which will be debated by members of the Senate after their August recess, is a textbook example of disingenuous leadership.
It would continue to disproportionately prop up Midwest farmers and send billions of dollars a year to the wealthiest growers of five commodities - cotton, rice, corn, wheat and soybeans...
...The 2007 bill is more a tool for retaining power in Washington than a fair and thoughtful approach to the evolving nature of U.S. - and California - agriculture.
How else do you explain House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco so strongly supporting legislation that so stubbornly preserves the status quo?She promised reform but delivered the same old partisan rewards.
We told you this bill's smell by date would be mid-August. Read the editorial in full.
