The industry's income is higher than it has ever been. The average annual income of households in the industry has been higher than that of the average U.S. household since the mid-1990s; last year it was 17% higher. Yet, we will supply a subsidy of $13 billion to these households this year. The industry, of course, is farming.
We're still treating our farmers as though it was the 1930s all over again (I know it may be that way soon, but it's not here yet). But, the farm industry of today is nothing like it was then. Why do we have to spend as much money subsidizing farming as we do on the entire Education Department?
You know the answer. Lobbyists and weak-kneed legislators.
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