“A comparatively low-priced disaster bill for livestock producers hit by the worst drought since 1956 may be the ticket to passage for a $500 billion farm bill now in limbo in Congress.” (Reuters)
Hard cases make bad law.
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“U.S. Agricultural Programs: Who Pays?” by E. C. Pasour, Jr.
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/features/health-care-and-radical-monopoly/