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By: Farm Bill: Really Green Acres? Democrats Vow to Fix Bill

Farm Bill: Really Green Acres? Democrats Vow to Fix Bill — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:09:07 +0000

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By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:16:23 +0000

KiKiara wrote: …the key to a really successful congressperson is not, in my opinion, their ability to be an expert on everything they are asked to vote – but to surround themselves with smart and diverse people who are able to inform and prepare them for each vote.
I agree. Even smart people cannot be smart about everything, so they need to be smart enough to rely on other smart people. Senator Salazar would be wise to hire Tax Girl before he embarrasses himself further.

Another example: If Pete Coors had hired me to help him connect with the “working man,” he never would have lost to Salazar, and the home of every adult voter in Colorado would have a fresh keg of Coors on tap.

By: Jean Murray

Jean Murray — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:47:45 +0000

After living in Iowa for over 20 years, I’m not sure about the term “rich farmer.” I think it’s an oxymoron. The only “farmers” in Iowa who get rich are those who (1) work for large grain companies planting seed corn or (2) are hog farmers, oops, I mean pork producers. The family farm is fast disappearing.
I’m thinking these so-called “farmers” are just CEO’s of big companies which just happen to produce commodities. Anyone who nets over $750,000 a year off “farming” is not really a farmer. And, no, they should not get subsidies.

By: KiKiara

KiKiara — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:36:26 +0000

the key to a really successful congressperson is not, in my opinion, their ability to be an expert on everything they are asked to vote – but to surround themselves with smart and diverse people who are able to inform and prepare them for each vote.

Unfortunately, so much of this type of legislation is pushed through quickly with outrageous comprimises to get it approved – and much of the voting is based on party/state politics rather than what is the best for the voters and the country.

By: Malcolm White, CPA

Malcolm White, CPA — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:40:08 +0000

I live in Missouri, which now mandates ethanol in all gasoline. This was a knee-jerk law passed by people who don’t have a clue and refused to consider the facts. It is a bad idea but now we’re stuck with it, and other surrounding agricultural states have jumped on the same ill-conceived bandwagon.

This is definitely NOT the time to be paying farmers NOT to grow crops. All the crop no-plant subsidies should cease immediately. Millions of acres of usable land are sitting idle, while food prices climb and people in other countries are starving to death, and taxpayers foot the bill for this foolishness. Ridiculous. Come November we need to flush the knee-jerk pork-barrel politicians out of Washington and elect people who have a brain and the ability to use it.