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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (171096)	8/13/2001 9:42:22 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Bush said American farmers exemplified "values of hard work, values of the entrepreneurial spirit, values of private property" and even "values in understanding that there's some things beyond our control, that the Almighty controls the weather, sometimes in ways we like, and sometimes in ways we don't like." .....THE CONGLOMERATES HAVE BOUGHT OUT MOST FARMERS OR PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS! The farm legislation provides $5.5 billion in additional money -- over what had previously been appropriated for the current fiscal year -- for farmers and agricultural companies. That was $2 billion less than Democrats had wanted and, until the Congressional recess in August was upon them, had fought for. It was also less than Congress authorized and President Clinton signed for each of the last three years. But the Bush Administration said the $5.5 billion increase was sufficient, citing increases in livestock and crop prices in recent months that eased what had been a crisis for many farmers.