EXPOSÉ on Bill Moyers' JOURNAL: Cash Cows and Cowboy Starter Kits

[L. Coyote]

EXPOSÉ on THE JOURNAL: Cash Cows and Cowboy Starter Kits
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04112008/profile.html
April 11, 2008

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL teams up with the PBS series EXPOSÉ: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS to follow the trail of WASHINGTON POST reporters who uncovered more than $15 billion in "wasteful, unnecessary, or redundant expenditures" farm subsidies that have flowed from Washington.

THE WASHINGTON POST reporters focused for more than a year on tracking the path of farm subsidies — subsidies which between 2001 and 2006 amounted to more than $95 billion. THE WASHINGTON POST reported: "In 2005 alone, when pretax farm profits were at a near-record $72 billion, the federal government handed out more than $25 billion in aid, almost 50 percent more than the amount it pays to families receiving welfare."

Of course many of these subsidies are not, "wasteful, unnecessary, or redundant expenditures." EXPOSÉ on THE JOURNAL focuses on two aspects of THE WASHINGTON POST investigation:

* "1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm" ..........

Read the complete WASHINGTON POST series
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/farmaid/
"Harvesting Cash," A year-long investigation by the WASHINGTON POST

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. From a cursory glance...

It seems remarkable that so much money goes to so many "Red" states.

Wait. What am I saying? It does not seem remarkable at all. The Northeast pays in huge amounts of federal taxes. It gets back $.50 on every dollar it pays in. It's all about redistribution of wealth. Or stealing. Depends on your perspective.

[DCKit]

2. They'd get a better return on their cash if they voted correctly.

:sarcasm:

It's amazing how the "family farm" subsidies only seem to benefit huge corporations, and it's been public knowledge for over a decade.

ALL the elections are important folks, it's not all about the race for the Resident.