Why is the farm bill being pushed by the democratic congress?

According to the Department of Agriculture, food costs rose 4 percent in 2007, the sharpest increase since 1990.

Corn, like many other crops, is selling at record prices. About one-quarter of the nation's corn crop now goes to create ethanol.

And to protect domestic ethanol producers â€" in other words, to drive up the price of domestic ethanol consumption â€" Congress imposed a 54-cent per-gallon tariff on cheaper ethanol imports from Brazil while simultaneously handing American producers a healthy subsidy of 51 cents per gallon.

Now Congress is prepared to pass another whopper of a farm bill, one loaded with giveaways to agricultural interests. And it would provide direct payments of billions of dollars to individuals and businesses already raking in huge profits.

Small farmers and family operations aren't the real beneficiaries of this $300 billion boondoggle.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste estimates 60 percent of the subsidies will go to the wealthiest 10 percent of recipients.

How wealthy? The White House proposed capping direct payments to farmers who make more than $200,000 in adjusted gross income, down from the current $2.5 million. Under the bill Congress is poised to pass, farmers who earn $950,000 would still receive a full subsidy.

Even modest tweaks to the farm bill would save American consumers far more on grocery and fuel bills than a fatuous summer vacation for the federal gas tax.

EARMARKS AND KICKBACKS.

to help poors, If they don't have those subsidies than American food products will become expensive and in turn it will effect poors of America. Until now people were dying with insufficient health care, Now do you want to see them dying with hunger ?

Get off your political soap box and ask a question, but a great argument for why not on why is the question.

the same 2 reasons politicians always push bills...Money for someone back home and/or more votes in the future.

Because they hate lobbyists. Except trial lawyers, environmentalists, labor unions, MADD, Handguns International, Code Pink...hummm. Maybe they don't really hate lobbyists?

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Let's see if Bush vetos it.

If they have enough votes to override Bush's veto then you can't blame just democrats!

ps........Bush never vetoed a republican bill full of pork!!! Go look that one up!

Because it is part of the larger package of white people welfare.