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Meredith Aska McBride | Thu, Feb 28th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: meredith aska mcbride, democrats, police, austin, agribusiness, park service, incarceration rate, farm bill, the scourge of liberalism, sxsw, one percent, william f. buckley, jr. | 0
Dems work to keep subsidies for agribusiness
The negotiators agreed Tuesday to find $10 billion in extra money in a last-ditch effort to save the farm bill, once seen as an opportunity to reform commodity programs and divert scarce funds to conservation, nutrition, organic research and California fruit and vegetable growers who are locked out of the Depression-era programs. The money is needed to appease these interests while still maintaining the commodity subsidies. Yet in proposals…
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