Comments on: The Poor Family Farmer http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/21/the-poor-family-farmer/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Blue Crab Boulevard » More Poor, Suffering Farmers http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/21/the-poor-family-farmer/comment-page-1/#comment-52844 Blue Crab Boulevard » More Poor, Suffering Farmers Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:57:51 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/21/the-poor-family-farmer/#comment-52844 [...] The Washington Post continues its story about the farm subsidy program in the United States today. Taking up from where they left it yesterday, today they look at the farm subsidy lobby. There is a very large amount of money involved, and the agricultural interests have an extremely powerful lobby. They enjoy bipartisan support, too. The farm bloc is an efficient, tightknit club of farmers, rural banks, insurance companies, real estate operators and tractor dealers. Many of its Washington lobbyists are former lawmakers or congressional aides. Harnessed to dozens of grass-roots groups, such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Cotton Council and the USA Rice Federation, farm-state lawmakers — the "aggies," as they call themselves — fight with the fervor of the embattled. [...] [...] The Washington Post continues its story about the farm subsidy program in the United States today. Taking up from where they left it yesterday, today they look at the farm subsidy lobby. There is a very large amount of money involved, and the agricultural interests have an extremely powerful lobby. They enjoy bipartisan support, too. The farm bloc is an efficient, tightknit club of farmers, rural banks, insurance companies, real estate operators and tractor dealers. Many of its Washington lobbyists are former lawmakers or congressional aides. Harnessed to dozens of grass-roots groups, such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Cotton Council and the USA Rice Federation, farm-state lawmakers — the "aggies," as they call themselves — fight with the fervor of the embattled. [...]

]]> By: bRight & Early http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/21/the-poor-family-farmer/comment-page-1/#comment-52816 bRight & Early Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:13:50 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/21/the-poor-family-farmer/#comment-52816 <strong>First Cup 12.21.06...</strong> The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks. ~ Sir James Mackintosh ...... First Cup 12.21.06…

The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks. ~ Sir James Mackintosh

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