Farm subsidies lack any coherent rationale.
soundpolitics.com
With the atrocious farm bill (more here and here ) moving through Congress with minimal GOP opposition - kudos to Dave Reichert for opposing it - my aspirations for this election season may have been crystallized: 1) Hope John McCain, the notably lesser of two evils (think judges, national defense, and government spending) defeats Barack Obama.
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headspaceandtiming.com
Crop the Crap
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stevenjens.blogspot.com
As Greg Mankiw notes, there are plenty of things to dislike about the farm bill that is almost through Congress. National Review also has this article on how agricultural policy raises food prices , this article about a particularly egregious earmark , and this editorial ; they're agin' it. As all right-thinking people are, including about a quarter of Congress.
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thewomblog.com
Current crop prices obviously do not warrant massive tax payer subsidies :
Since the last farm bill was enacted in 2002, the five crops that receive the lion's share of farm subsidies have also enjoyed massive price hikes: cotton (105 percent price hike), soybeans (164 percent), corn (169 percent), wheat (256 percent), and rice (281 percent).
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