Am of two minds re this. U.S. agribusiness receives the bulk of these subsidies (ADM and their brethren in crime), and there is no reason that taxpayers should fund corporate profits. However, some of the subsidies trickle to the small farmers who are on the verge of losing their farms (to the agribusiness consortiums). The Great Depression still lingers in their minds.
So, I don't know if Bush will actually push these cuts through, against the wishes of the so-called Red States, but we'll see. Could be a wedge issue, could be just Bush-speak, aka “Let's Go to Mars, bitches” from the last State of the Union....
Bush Is Said to Seek Sharp Cuts in Subsidy Payments to Farmers:
The proposal, aimed at reducing the deficit, puts the president at odds with some of his most ardent supporters in the rural South.
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