https://freerepublic.com/tag/whatfarms/ en-us Thu, 6 Jun 2013 22:51:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3028245/posts Almost 80 percent of the Senate’s proposed farm bill — a $955 billion measure — will be used to pay for food stamps in the coming decade. “The trillion-dollar farm and food stamp bill should not be called the ‘Farm Bill,” said Heritage Action for America CEO Michael Needham, to Breitbart. “Washington doesn’t want Americans to know that 80 percent of the spending in the bill goes to fund Obama’s big-government, food stamp agenda.” As for the remaining 20 percent? That goes for price supports for farmers — an “equally disturbing” federal disbursement, Mr. Needham said, in the Breitbart report.... The Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3028245/posts#comment Thu, 6 Jun 2013 22:51:03 GMT