Comments on: Farm subsidies misdirected by law http://growersandgrocers.net/2006/07/21/farm_subsidies_misdirected_by_law/ From farm to table, and all the stops along the way. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Marc http://growersandgrocers.net/2006/07/21/farm_subsidies_misdirected_by_law/#comment-71 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:24:36 +0000 http://growersandgrocers.net/2006/07/21/farm_subsidies_misdirected_by_law/#comment-71 A repeating theme in the article you cite above and the Washington Post's follow-up articles is Congress's addition to pork-barrel funding. There is no policy behind the program expansions that the Post uncovered, just buying votes and rewarding campaign contributors. <br /> <br /> And an critical typo in the post: it is $1.3 <strong>b</strong>illion in subsidies to non-farmers. A repeating theme in the article you cite above and the Washington Post’s follow-up articles is Congress’s addition to pork-barrel funding. There is no policy behind the program expansions that the Post uncovered, just buying votes and rewarding campaign contributors.

And an critical typo in the post: it is $1.3 billion in subsidies to non-farmers.

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