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Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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The Bush administration yesterday proposed ending farm subsidies for an estimated 80,000 wealthy individuals as part of a broad plan that would close loopholes and cut traditional farm programs by $4.5 billion over the next 10 years. (article 4)
The proposal unveiled by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns was the administration's opening move in what will be a lengthy tug of war with Congress over a new multi-year farm bill. (article 4)
The Post found, for example, that wealthy commercial farmers were easily able to legally avoid the limits on government subsidy payments. (article 4)
There may be no better sign of the changing debate over the nation's farm subsidies: A Midwestern governor running for president calls for cuts in a system that has steered hundreds of millions of dollars a year to his state. (article 1)
The cornerstone of the multibillion-dollar system of federal farm subsidies is an iconic image of the struggling family farmer: small, powerless against Mother Nature, tied to the land by blood. (article 2)
Without generous government help, farm-state politicians say, thousands of these hardworking families would fail, threatening the nation's abundant food supply. (article 2)
While some farmers and agricultural experts see a downside to farm subsidies, others say the payments are a fair way to help out farmers in need. (article 5)
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Source articles
- Powerful Interests Ally to Restructure Agriculture Subsidies (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 624 words)
- Federal Subsidies Turn Farms Into Big Business (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 495 words)
- Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 529 words)
- USDA Outlines a Plan To Cut Farm Subsidies (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 475 words)
- A Big Farm, but Not So Big It Could Get By Without Subsidies (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 613 words)
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