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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (9173)	1/5/2002 7:35:32 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Michael, I do hope that was a copy/paste list. Half of them are non-sense and the other half is rhetoric. So if it was a copy/paste job you can at least blame it on someone else. I'm only going to bother with your last two... Leave us alone and stop making us pay for left wing billionaires who happen to own a farm like Ted Turner. Oh...you mean like cutting Ted's taxes in the last go round. Don't you recall that the wealthy were paying too much in taxes? Leave us alone and allow the free-market to control food prices Oh....you mean like the latest Farm Aid package from the Administration to fight terrorism. You've bought into the BS rhetoric and don't even have a clue as to what's actually going on right in front of your face. jttmab

To: greenspirit who wrote (9173)	1/24/2002 1:06:09 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 93284

Found it [your post]. I knew I talked to someone who had a thing about farm subsidies; just couldn't recall who it was. Here's a web site you might like. ewg.org In particular there is this page: ewg.org You'll notice of the top 10 cities! to receive farm subsidies [right column] five of ten are in Texas: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Ft. Worth. [big farm cities!] So while GW. talks about being opposed to farm subsidies....what does he do? washingtonpost.com Extract:......... Notwithstanding the return of budget deficits, to say nothing of its stated commitment to free trade, the Bush administration has bowed to congressional demands for $73 billion in new farm spending over the next decade. That is almost three times the $26 billion cost of the landmark education package President Bush signed into law this month. More than $40 billion would go for crop subsidies, with the rest reserved for conservation, nutrition and rural development........... The Bush administration has sharply criticized farm programs, and Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman last year initially expressed support for Lugar's far-reaching proposal. At the same time, the largest share of farm subsidies flows to the same midwestern and southern states that Bush won in the 2000 election. That limits the administration's political maneuvering room, especially with midterm elections looming in the fall. The administration last year ultimately threw its support behind an alternative farm bill offered by Sens. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). Among other things, the measure would establish 401(k)-style savings accounts for all farmers -- not just those who participate in commodity programs -- with matching government contributions of as much as $10,000 a year. But the GOP bill is not the radical departure some had hoped for. It preserves most major subsidy programs, including one that pays farmers a set amount based on historical production, even if they let their fields lie fallow........... End of extract What's the point? Once again the conservatives have been lying to you. What they say and what the do aren't the same. You suppose that Bush is going to shoot off those 5 Texas cities getting farm aid? jttmab