Provision Requiring Lawmakers to Disclose Subsidies Removed From Final Farm Bill
"I guess this shouldn't surprise anyone. It looks like members of Congress are tired of allowing the rest of us to know just how much they receive in farm subsidies.
The Environmental Working Group reported that "15 members of Congress or their spouses benefitted from a total of $237,921 in taxpayer-funded farm subsidy payments last year." Thanks to a provision slipped quietly into the new farm bill, we won't have access to that information.
Heaven forbid someone might use the information to criticize them for taking their corporate welfare while at the same time being more than willing to cut food stamps for those living in poverty."
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Showing posts with label Farm Bill. Show all posts
January 13, 2014
A Viper Lurking in the Farm Bill: So-Called Sound Science Provision Carries Anti-Regulatory Poison
A Viper Lurking in the Farm Bill: So-Called Sound Science Provision Carries Anti-Regulatory Poison
"The biggest lie in Washington might be the claim that government regulation is strangling business and making it impossible to earn a profit. The clearest evidence that this is a lie is the fact that business profits are at an all-time high. The chiefs and bosses of those businesses are doing very well, too, with CEO pay soaring far beyond any rational relationship to the pay of average workers.
Yet “too much regulation” remains the cry of the Chamber of Commerce and scores of other business lobbying groups, and it gets taken seriously by the media and by Congress, which is always looking for some reward to give corporate lobbyists for their electoral support."
"The biggest lie in Washington might be the claim that government regulation is strangling business and making it impossible to earn a profit. The clearest evidence that this is a lie is the fact that business profits are at an all-time high. The chiefs and bosses of those businesses are doing very well, too, with CEO pay soaring far beyond any rational relationship to the pay of average workers.
Yet “too much regulation” remains the cry of the Chamber of Commerce and scores of other business lobbying groups, and it gets taken seriously by the media and by Congress, which is always looking for some reward to give corporate lobbyists for their electoral support."
November 26, 2013
October 10, 2013
Blizzard Proves Tea Party Dangers
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September 30, 2013
The Farm Bill Will Expire Tomorrow, Leaving Farmers In The Lurch
The Farm Bill Will Expire Tomorrow, Leaving Farmers In The Lurch: Congress is hours away from a government shutdown, but it's also neglecting another looming deadline: the expiration of the Farm Bill.
September 26, 2013
September 11, 2013
How Taxpayer Money Meant To Help Farmers Ends Up With Wall Street
How Taxpayer Money Meant To Help Farmers Ends Up With Wall Street: The crop insurance program is a cash cow for Wall Street.
July 12, 2013
Republicans Abandon Millions Of Hungry Americans With Stripped-Down Farm Bill
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June 21, 2013
Farm Bill Dies; Hypocrisy Lives
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June 20, 2013
Another Boehner Fail: House rejects Boehner-backed farm bill
www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/20/1217558/-Another-Boehner-Fail-House-rejects-Boehner-backed-farm-bill
"On the other hand, if Republicans want to give Democrats credit for blocking a bill that would make deep cuts to food programs for poor people, Democrats should be eager to accept it. After all, the public is on their side in this battle. If we want to cut spending from agricultural programs, let's go after subsidies for big agribusiness that destroy our land and encourage the production of unhealthy food. But it's crazy to argue that our long-term fiscal problem is that we're too generous to people who need help affording food to put on their table."
"On the other hand, if Republicans want to give Democrats credit for blocking a bill that would make deep cuts to food programs for poor people, Democrats should be eager to accept it. After all, the public is on their side in this battle. If we want to cut spending from agricultural programs, let's go after subsidies for big agribusiness that destroy our land and encourage the production of unhealthy food. But it's crazy to argue that our long-term fiscal problem is that we're too generous to people who need help affording food to put on their table."
June 18, 2013
How Republicans Who Took Millions In Farm Subsidies Justify Cutting Food Stamps
How Republicans Who Took Millions In Farm Subsidies Justify Cutting Food Stamps: The House plans to vote this week on a farm bill that cuts nearly $21 billion from food stamps, and several members who support the cuts have benefited significantly from the various forms of farm subsidies provided by the same legislation. The ten Republicans in question have collected about $6.7 million in federal farm money [...]/p
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