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Farm Bill Passes Senate With All The Subsidies

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Highlands Today Staff

Published: December 16, 2007

The U.S. Senate passed the much debated farm bill, with just about everything everyone has been begging them to toss out of it. It's just one more example of our elected officials ignoring what we're saying. Let's hope it gets changed while working out compromises with the House and, if necessary, President Bush vetoes it.

Rich mega-farm corporations and millionaire farmers stand to gain the most from federal subsidies sprinkled throughout the Senate-approved farm bill. Big Corn, Big Wheat, Big Everything makes a killing, just as they always do on this welfare of the worst kind.

This farm bill does nothing to cut the fat cats out of subsidies. Just about every American has pleaded with Congress to finally trim the welfare out of the farm bill, but our bought-and-paid-for politicians just can't manage it.

If this bill makes it through, and is signed into law for the five years farm bills are supposed to be in effect, Americans should toss out every member of the House and Senate who voted for it. Until voters send such a message, we'll just keep getting the same old thing every time.

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