Don’t lose sight of the fact that the Farm Bill also sets research agendas for the next 5 year period, including biofuels research and subsidies. The USDA increased its emphasis in biofuels as a means of maintaining “relevance” and increasing funding. The farm bill helps to set research agendas not only for appropriated USDA funds, but also for University researchers which compete for taxpayer dollars based on agendas outlined in the Farm Bill.
As a nation blessed by abundant energy resources, we are wasting hundreds of millions of dollars chasing grass as a source of fuel. What a joke.
We are borrowing 1/3 of every dollar spent, and can’t find anything to cut in the budget? Let me help.
Last I heard the deficit is 40% of every dollar spent by the federal government.