This, just in...
"President Bush will seek deep cuts in farm and commodity programs in his new budget and in a major policy shift will propose overall limits on subsidy payments to farmers, administration officials said Saturday.
Such limits would help reduce the federal budget deficit and would inject market forces into the farm economy, the officials said."
As much as I applaud this move, I also have to laugh at the chances of it coming to pass. When it comes to taking government monies, no one beats "Big Business" at it. And agribusiness is one of the biggest Republican hogs at the trough.
I live in "Rice Country" and they have grown so much rice here that the world market is glutted on it. Last years crop is still in the warehouses, but the farmers got their subsidies...you bet!
That squealing you hear? That's the Republicans reminding "dubya" of just who runs the farm...
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