Thursday, March 27, 2014

Welfare for the Wealthy must go!


As I have pointed out before, whenever Congress deals with the "farm bill," everyone gets to arguing about the food stamp program.  No one ever seems to get around to dealing with the millions that go to farmers.  Neither the Left nor Right seems to want to take on this special interest. Cowards all!  We obviously need to get serious about fiscal responsibility of government in this country.  I applaud the Tea Party for pushing this issue.  However, in my opinion, rather than arguing about food stamps and programs for the "poor," we first need to go after "welfare," tax breaks, etc. that benefit the wealthy.  They don't need government assistance.  These programs are even more wasteful than welfare programs.  It too bad the President and Congress lack the courage to deal with these issues. I agree with both the Tea Party and the Left on this one.

2 comments:

  1. Were I the king, I'd limit farm subsidies to those who live on land that they own (and other tracts, if not contiguous). No subsidies to non-family-owned corporations. No subsidies to the ADMs.

    Art

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  2. Art:
    Reasonable suggestion to preserve the famly farm. I 'm not sure about allowing even this.

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