Whose Subsidy Is It Anyway?

Farmers take the heat, but Big Ag reaps the farm bill benefits

Tally it up. Losers: farmers, farm laborers, food processing workers, rural communities, the environment, poor country peasants, many developing country agricultural industries, urban laborers in both developed and developing countries facing wage competition from rural migrants and U.S. taxpayers. The winner: corporate agribusiness. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
4.4
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

When corporate donations control elections, even farm policies are crafted to favor large corporations at the cost of everyone else. The article is more accidental fodder for publicly financed elections. Good Ag coverage, an underreported topic.

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