Why not start a PAC to mobilize the small farmers on it? There's a lot of angry taxpayers out there who'd support you with a few bucks too.
For real fun you could draw the money from the anti-globalization crowd, who could be persuaded to part with their dollars if you pitched it as a way to help the downtrodden in remote parts of the world (who are, in fact hurt by our farming subsidied).
I wonder what the sentiment here on Free Republic overall for ending farm subsidies is?
"I wonder what the sentiment here on Free Republic overall for ending farm subsidies is?" My guess would be that the vast majority of FReepers would favor ending farm subsidies -- including a majority of FReepers who are themselves farmers.
After running an Alabama pecan orchard for eight years, I no longer farm. But my sympathies lie with those who do.
Like everything else the federal government has involved itself in -- healthcare, indian affairs, welfare programs, etc. -- the individual agriculturalists and their markets have gotten totally screwed.