Hot Air » farm subsidies http://hotair.com The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Tue, 21 May 2013 22:20:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 WaPo: Does anybody else think these agriculture subsidies are getting out-of-control? http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/19/wapo-does-anybody-else-think-these-agriculture-subsidies-are-getting-out-of-control/ http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/19/wapo-does-anybody-else-think-these-agriculture-subsidies-are-getting-out-of-control/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:41:29 +0000 Erika Johnsen http://hotair.com/?p=245482 Yes.]]>

Yes.

There is no sector of the American economy that has been so systematically and unnecessarily coddled for so long as agriculture. Stretching back to the 1800s, the federal government has been steadily piling on a hugely complex network of subsidies, payouts, grants, insurances, exemptions, regulations, loan programs, tariffs, production controls, protections, and who even knows [...]

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]]> http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/19/wapo-does-anybody-else-think-these-agriculture-subsidies-are-getting-out-of-control/feed/ 51 Burning our food: The drought and the vice of ethanol http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/28/burning-our-food-the-drought-and-the-vice-of-ethanol/ http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/28/burning-our-food-the-drought-and-the-vice-of-ethanol/#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:31:39 +0000 Jazz Shaw http://hotair.com/?p=209157

Guess who's picking up the tab?

It’s not going to come as a surprise to anyone who has stepped outside this summer, but the drought engulfing most of our major farmlands is hitting epic proportions. In fact, the USDA has again downgraded the nation’s corn crop, saying that only 26% of it is in “good” or “excellent” shape. This is bad [...]

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]]> http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/28/burning-our-food-the-drought-and-the-vice-of-ethanol/feed/ 60 Yes: Billions in agriculture subsidies could face the chopping block http://hotair.com/archives/2012/06/04/yes-billions-in-agriculture-subsidies-could-face-the-chopping-block/ http://hotair.com/archives/2012/06/04/yes-billions-in-agriculture-subsidies-could-face-the-chopping-block/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:41:13 +0000 Erika Johnsen http://hotair.com/?p=198975

And it feels so good.

While the economic malfeasance of agricultural subsidies may be relatively low on the totem pole of the federal government’s massively wasteful and intrusive spending binge (we’ve definitely got some bigger fish to fry), they are in and of themselves astoundingly terrible ideas that come with a whole host of neighborhood effects. From toying with market [...]

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]]> http://hotair.com/archives/2012/06/04/yes-billions-in-agriculture-subsidies-could-face-the-chopping-block/feed/ 225 Exclusive interview with Tim Pawlenty http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/23/exclusive-interview-with-tim-pawlenty/ http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/23/exclusive-interview-with-tim-pawlenty/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 16:20:13 +0000 Ed Morrissey http://hotair.com/?p=141133

"If people want a Comedian in Chief or Entertainer in Chief, they should vote for somebody else."

A few minutes ago, I interviewed Gov. Tim Pawlenty about his official entry into the race, which will occur this afternoon in Iowa, and his campaign theme of “Time for Truth.” As I noted earlier today, Pawlenty offered a sneak peek of this new approach by specifically focusing on farm subsidies, a particularly difficult issue [...]

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