[Arm_Bears]

From that opening line, you'd think the Bush Administration had originated the concept of buying votes with taxpayer money.

[Gondring]

This whole system was supposed to end. In 1996, led by Republicans, Congress passed a six-year bill that began to wean farmers off their welfare system. The 2002 bill was supposed to finish the process. Instead, the Republican Congress and the Republican White House flipped.

And the Bushbots cheer on...

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"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money."  --Alexis de Tocqueville