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A major farm bill being debated in Congress gives policymakers a good opportunity to cut costly subsidy programs. Farm subsidies cost taxpayers up to $35 billion annually and tie farmers in a knot of unproductive regulations.

Most farm programs originated in the Great Depression of the 1930s, but they make little sense in today’s more prosperous and dynamic economy. Here are 10 reasons for Congress to reconsider the need for farm programs and to begin cutting them:

Government subsidies… get rid of ‘em. No more nanny state economic programs.
According to The CATO Institute: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  • Will spend $89 billion in 2007, or $774 for every U.S. household
  • Operates 198 subsidy programs, listed here
  • Employs 105,000 workers
  • Administers 7,400 offices across the nation
  • Oversees 1,791 pages of laws and 10,720 pages of regulations
  • Imposes 84 million hours of paperwork burdens on Americans

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