The Cost of America's Farm Subsidy Binge


 

Publication Date: July 2002

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

Author(s): Brian M. Riedl

Research Area: Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Keywords: Agriculture; Budget

Type: Report

Abstract:

As Congress is locked in debate on the best way to stimulate an economy that has slipped into recession, the House and Senate have designed farm bills that will place inordinate burdens on American taxpayers, countering stimulus efforts while providing payments to many farm owners who are least in need of assistance.