On the recordOctober 20, 2011
Mr. President, we have 2,705 people in this country who had adjusted gross incomes in excess of $2.5 million last year who got farm payments--direct farm payments. This is an amendment that will limit adjusted gross incomes above $1 million from receiving direct payments. We hear we are going to change that system. We may change that system. But that has not happened yet. All this amendment says, if you make more than $1 million, you should not be eligible to receive a direct farm payment from this government. Rather than taxing the millionaires, the first thing we ought to do is quit giving them subsidies. I reserve the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time? The Senator from Michigan.
