Sound Politics: Karma Strikes Congress

May 21, 2008

Karma Strikes Congress

The atrocious farm bill has a revised and extended opportunity to be pummeled for being the bad piece of legislation that it is.

Heh.

Posted by Eric Earling at May 21, 2008 07:18 PM | Email This

Comments

1. "additional $30 billion would go to farmers to idle their land and to other environmental programs."

Last time I checked was there not this growing food shortage going on; yet Congress wants to increase the subsides to stop farming?

Posted by: TrueSoldier on May 22, 2008 06:02 AM

2. I understand how this could get through Congress. It's a feel-good bill, and has the support of powerful farming interest groups.

But every indication is that the public is greatly displeased with the bill. It's disappointing to me to see our Congress again vote in line with the lobbyist money, rather than in the best interests of the nation at large.

Posted by: Yashmak on May 22, 2008 07:03 AM

3. I talked to a farmer in Eastern Washington near CleElum recently. The land of his sitting idle is the rock outcropping that couldn't be farmed anyway- you know, chukkar hunting land.

Posted by: swatter on May 22, 2008 08:19 AM

4. This is nothing but a great big Pork Barrel farm Welfare program. Pay people for doing nothing.

If we have a world food shortage and a huge need for more ethenol, what in the H are we doing paying farmers to leave their fields unplanted.

The stupidity of this bill is beyond belief.

Posted by: gs on May 22, 2008 08:41 PM