Well, of course…
….once again, in a remarkable display of bi-partisanship despite the bitterness everywhere else, Republicans and Democrats have gotten together to produce another monstrosity of a Farm Bill. As befits such a bill, it is laden with 60% more pork than the last one.
Corn subsidies are still there even though corn is at the highest price in history. And Californians will still get handouts to enjoy their foie gras. It’s all in the time-honored tradition of what used to be called “log rolling”. I’ll vote for your bill if you’ll vote for mine.
Sometime back, lawmakers from Ag states realized their grip on the process was slipping and so they moved the Food Stamp program into the Farm Bill. That way they get the city guys behind sugar subsidies. The Food Stamp program is now the largest single item in the bill.
You can read about it here…a thousand pages of entitlement for just about everyone except the taxpayer.