Farm Bill: USA Today Editorial Leads Map Update
The USA Today editorial page weighed in on the farm bill debate today with pointed comments on the US government's spending priorities:
Let's see if we've got this right. The U.S. economy is either teetering on the edge of recession or already in one, desperately awaiting a jolt from the $600 stimulus checks that Congress agreed to send out this spring to people who make $75,000 a year or less.Meanwhile, the nation's farm economy is booming, thanks to spectacular crop prices and land values. But Congress is moving toward sending out billions in subsidies to farmers and big farming businesses for the next five years, no matter how much they make.
Something's out of whack here, though that's hardly news to anyone who's followed the politics of farm subsidies for the past few decades, or even just the past few months.
We've added this editorial and twelve others to our map, bringing the tally to 365 pro-reform editorials in the past 14 months.
Comments
Yes the grain is going up,but do you people ever say that land rent and all the expenses go up too.We need that farm payment.Put the cap at $50,000.00 for one farming operation that would be just fine.Under only one farm name also.
Posted by: Tim Kress | March 17, 2008 6:19 PM