Political Quotes

“I look upon the support we give American agriculture, no matter what segment, as an insurance policy. The figure was that the sugar program costs the American taxpayers some $460 million a year, something like that. That is in the neighborhood. That may not be correct. That is less than $1.60 per American. I can't insure my car for that price. What we are talking about here is that even though sugar prices go down, we still see prices of those products that have a high preponderance of sugar in them continue to go up. That is the record. It is there for all to see. If one looks at the total picture of $73 billion a year we put into the agriculture budget, one has to remember that over half of that is programs on nutrition, food stamps, WIC, many others, meals on wheels, school lunch programs, all subsidized by the American taxpayer. The rest of it is farm programs and the administration of those farm programs. I look at it as an insurance policy.”