Agriculture Committee Voting Report on Farm Bill

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  July 17th at 06:52 AM  | 

Last week, the House Agriculture Committee marked up the preposterous $957 billion farm/food stamp bill (H.R. 6083).  Despite the media reports about severe cuts to the food stamp program, this bill actually locks in the appalling levels of spending established in the Obama-era.  In many respects, the committee votes from last week shed light on the problem we have with many red state statists within | Read More »

Lugar Targets Federal Sugar Racket

By: catoinstitute (Diary)  |  March 30th at 09:30 PM  | 

Promoted from the diaries by Caleb. By Tad DeHaven The federal government has been meddling with sugar production since 1934. Today’s convoluted system of supply controls, price supports, and trade restrictions benefits domestic sugar producers at the expense of consumers and utilizing industries. In other words, sugar producers “win” and the rest of the country “loses.” Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) just introduced the “Free Sugar | Read More »