[re_tail20]

It’s outrageous that there are still some of these stupid New Deal regulatory programs still scattered about in the Federal Government.

[Sherman Logan]

It costs American taxpayers roughly $68 million a year to run this program that keeps milk prices artificially high.

Costing each American about .22 per year.

It should be gotten rid of on principle, not because it costs too much.

[BAW]

Where I live, a gallon of milk costs $3.69. It has gone up in the past 12 months.

[Rashputin]

Hmmmmm. Let's seee, a couple of years back someone was whining about the cost of dairy farming being so high in Illinois, the Congress Critter from Illinois is waving his arms about an evil program that has been around for nearly eighty years and soaks up an amazing $68 million dollars a year, the President from Illinois has run us multiple trillions into debt but this $68 million is all this particular Congress Critter focuses on out of the entire Federal budget. Not union thieves like those so common in Illinois, not the multiple boondoggles going on in Illinois, or the fact that the EPA destroyed as much industry in Illinois as foreign competition has, just this dairy thing. So ....

For some reason I don't think getting rid of this program is going to reduce the price of milk and could well increase the price of milk. I bet it would increase the size of the donations this Congress Critter gets from Illinois dairy associations and farmers, though. If someone knows how this would lower the price of milk I'd be glad to hear it but I don't see how changing this would do anything other than increase the price of milk and aid the soy milk gang who are facing stiff competition from a lot of other uses for soy. Does Illinois grow a lot of soybeans?

JMHO

[ridesthemiles]

There are still taxes on every phone bill to support getting phone service to rural areas.

I think there are still items on your power bills pertaining to the ‘REA’ Rural Electrification of America efforts.

[Buckeye McFrog]

will it do anything about Pennsylvania, where the retail price of milk is set at a state level?

[newzjunkey]

Since we need lactose free milk, anything that drops the price would be much appreciated!

It goes for over $4 per half gallon... an outrage.