On the recordJune 4, 1996
That used to be true. Now, we have passed what is called the Fair Agricultural Act that does away with all of those subsidies. Over the next 7, or 6 years now, it phases out all of those Federal farm program subsidies, so the Federal Government is no longer managing that farm, and individual farmers will have the freedom to decide how much of what crop to plant. I think that is good. I think the Federal subsidy programs have tended to be a disservice to agriculture. We have seen smaller family farms forced out of business because the larger farms had a greater advantage with those Federal programs. So the ag programs are phasing out, but corporate welfare, the lobbyists and the PAC's flow to that Committee on Ways and Means because just a few changes in the words, can make millions of dollars of difference.
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