Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Betting the farm

With stimulus/bailout talk dominating the headlines, President Obama's Department of Agriculture is doing something smart - reviewing the disbursement of farm subsidies to stop some payments. Currently, the flawed handout program sends cash to some people who have never planted a seed in their lives - and probably couldn't tell a hole in the ground from... well, you can figure that part out.


It's over a year old, but this blog post from Merry Olde England has a clever take on the ridiculousness of farm subsidies.


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