Harvest Of Shame
The Bear on May 18 2008 at 8:28 am | Filed under: Budget
Agriculture: The subsidy-stuffed farm bill just passed by Congress is a monster that will leave us with less food at higher prices. The president should veto it right away and force this foolish Congress to override him.
Congress may think it’s doing the “people’s work,” as they like to say, but the pork-laden, market-distorting farm bill is anything but. In fact, it’s an obscene waste of money that will leave us all poorer and hungrier for the effort.
As of now, though, it looks like it will become law. The measure passed the House on Wednesday by a veto-proof margin of 318-106. It now goes to the Senate, where it also is expected to pass.
Bush should veto it anyway, if only to shame those Republicans who join with the Democrat majority in the override.
GOP members are already trying to lay low. Not so the Democrats. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi immediately hailed the bill as a “significant reform” — a statement so wrong it’s laughable.
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