7 Ugly Truths About the House Farm Bill
The recently defeated House farm bill was fundamentally flawed. The House can now fix these flaws by going back to the drawing board and developing… Read More
Tales of the Red Tape #40: The USDA Rabbit Police
There’s no good way to deliver this disturbing bit of news except to come right out with it: Marty the Magician and others in the… Read More
Speaker Boehner: What’s “Free Market” About the Farm Bill?
The latest House action on the $1 trillion farm bill comes straight from the playbook “Do as I Say, Not as I Do.” House Speaker… Read More
Farm Bill Rock ‘n’ Roll
What you are about to read is not satire or parody. The farm bill pending in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizes a new tax… Read More
Morning Bell: Who Really Gets Farm Bill Money (in 5 Pictures)
Whenever Congress throws too much into one bill, special interests profit. The massive farm bill—which is already 80 percent food stamps—is no exception. So what… Read More
The Facts about Food Stamps Everyone Should Hear
A recent US News & World Report article set out to unveil the “facts” about food stamps. What are the so-called “facts”? For one, the… Read More
GAO Cites Waste in U.S. Food Aid Programs—But Does Not Call for Budget Cuts
Senator Tom Coburn (R–OK) and others in Congress have repeatedly expressed concerns about “fragmentation, overlap, and duplication” in non-emergency food aid programs administered by the… Read More
USDA’s Stimulus Jobs Data Plagued by Inaccuracies
Federal requirements for monitoring jobs data associated with President Obama’s stimulus package are insufficient to ensure that that the information is accurate, according to a… Read More
Tales of the Red Tape #36: USDA Lays a Regulatory Egg
The Obama Administration fervently opposes state laws requiring voter identification to cast a ballot. But it is insisting that the nation’s farmers prove the identity… Read More
USDA Requires Little Documentation for $50,000 Discrimination Payouts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay up to $50,000 each to female and Hispanic farmers and ranchers who claimed they were discouraged from applying… Read More
