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Article: The truth about the new farm bill The Palestinian myth Mideast solutions Blues for free Keeping parks clean School's scapegoats Increase gas tax Moor unfair charges No end to taxes
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 31, 2002
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Since passage of the farm bill last month, there has been a full-
court press to discredit the legislation. I felt the need to set the
record straight on several key points that have not been accurately
reflected in editorials and commentary on the farm bill.
The farm bill does not include the massive increases in spending
that critics like to suggest. In fact, spending is increased in a
manner consistent with U.S. farm policy since passage of the 1996
Freedom to Farm Act. Opponents of the 2002 farm bill say it increases
farm spending by 60 percent or 70 percent. That might technically be
correct if you disregard supplemental appropriations passed by
Congress in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 ...