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The farm bill, explained
What is the farm bill? The US farm bill is a multi-billion dollar piece of legislation that controls the federal government’s spending on farm subsidies, food for the domestic poor, agriculture conservation programmes, and overseas food aid, among other things. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the first farm bill into law in…
Sen. Paul: Scottie Pippen, Larry Flynt, and David Rockefeller shouldn’t get farm subsidies
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday proposed an amendment to the agriculture bill that would prohibit those with an income greater than $250,000 from receiving any federal farm payment. “Nine percent of farmers earn more than $250,000 worth of gross income,” he said on the Senate floor. “This would limit…
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