A Harvest of Pork By backing the farm bill, President Bush sells out his principles.

Wall Street Journal ^ | May 8, 2002 | PETE DU PONT

[rudehost]

Amazing no bush defenders!

Is it possible FR is starting to get a clue about this guy?

[uglyworld]

An excellent segment of CNN's Crossfire exposed this bill as the election year pork that it is. It benefits 2% of the United States population and has three times the money of the education program Congress passed, as Robert Novak pointed out.

The liberal guest on the show was Senator Blanche Lincoln, a democrat from Arkansas. Conservative voice Novak pointed out that from 1996-2000, Ms. Lincoln received $351,085 in farm subsidies.

Crossfire went on to list several major beneficieries of 2001 farm subsidies:

John Hancock Life Insurance - $134,318

Chevron - $80,637

Archer Daniels Midland - $9,728

Scottie Pippen - $26,315

Ted Turner - $12,925

Ken Lay - $6,019

[Pining_4_TX]

How about only taxpayers can vote? Or, nobody who lives off the government teat can vote?

[Uncle Bill]

enthusiastic support of the Bush administration, House and Senate conferees have agreed on a nearly 80% increase ($83 billion) in farm subsidies over the next decade."