Don't Be Fooled: House Farm Bill Weakens Payment Limits


 

Publication Date: July 2007

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Brian M. Riedl

Research Area: Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Keywords: Agriculture; ag; payment; crop

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

If Congress is serious about ending agricultural corporate welfare, it should lower the income cap for subsidies to $200,000, as President Bush proposed, and retain the current payment limits.