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To: miraje who wrote (47203)	2/1/2014 1:11:20 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86363

It does. Farm bill: Still millions for fat cats in Congress, cuts for the poor Our favorite poster boy among members of Congress who belly up to the crop-subsidy bar while crabbing about feeding the needy through SNAP has been California's own Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale), whose farming family collected a sweet $5.1 million in federal crop subsidies between 1995 and 2012. By then he had come to the realization that food stamp recipients needed to tighten their belts in the name of governmental economizing. LaMalfa is still ticked off that food stamp recipients aren't been squeezed more. "While I would have preferred a bill that generated more savings and included larger reforms in the food stamp system, I believe that we’ve achieved as much as the Democrat-led Senate will allow," he said after Wednesday's House vote. Then he asked for sympathy for the pain and destitution California farmers are experiencing because of the drought. http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-farm-bill-20140129,0,2044331.story#ixzz2s5y5nhRb