February 08, 2005

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

I have read umpteen stories on the President’s budget proposals, several of which report he would cut subsidies to "farmers." Is that true or would subsidies to corporate agriculture go down?
I don’t know the answer because reporters traditionally don’t distinguish between the old MacDonalds, sunburned, in overalls and the executives at Cargill and Archer-Daniels-Midland and other huge "farm" corporations.
I will keep reading in hope of finding the answer.

Posted by Arthur Alpert at February 8, 2005 03:26 PM