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Rediculous - instead of insisting that the old farm bill - that pays farmers NOT to grow crops should be disbanded, the Republicans want to stall environmental progress.
Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...
"In 2005 alone, when pretax farm profits were at a near-record $72 billion, the federal government handed out more than $25 billion in aid, almost 50 percent more than the amount it pays to families receiving welfare."