2007 Farm Bill; Reaping What You Sow; Congress Must Get Serious About Reforming the Wasteful Subsidy Program That Does Little to Help Small Farmers, Hurts Consumers and Hinders U.S. Trade with Other Nations.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › July 11, 2007

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What you need to know about the current wasteful farm subsidy system can be summed up as follows:

-- Large farms, with 10 times the wealth of the average American family, receive most of the payments.

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2007 Farm Bill; Reaping What You Sow; Congress Must Get Serious About Reforming the Wasteful Subsidy Program That Does Little to Help Small Farmers, Hurts Consumers and Hinders U.S. Trade with Other Nations.

-- The richest 10% of "farmers" receive almost three-quarters of the subsidies. Paul Allen - a Microsoft co-founder and the ...

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