The idea of budget cutting is in the air. The situation is similar to the Obama victory where the Liberals had great expectations for initiatives such a medical care reform, banking reform and additional environmental legislation.

Today the situation is reversed: the Republicans and Tea Party expect significant cuts in government programs.

However, there are are a great many subsidy programs that benefit the rich or have negative impact on the environment.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Farm Subsidies

Many Red States that are now being touted in Newsweek (“Red State Revival” 15 Nov 2010) received billions in farm before, during and after the recession to this day.

Farm subsidy data base. Breaks down subsidies by state, district, and county.
http://farm.ewg.org/
http://farm.ewg.org/region.php?fips=00000
http://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?fips=20000&progcode=total&page=states

Good breakdown of what sorts of agricultural products are subsidized along with who benefits. Also looks at some of the knock on effects of the subsidies. Well cited.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy#United_States

Article at Huffington Post about the subsidy hypocrisy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/14/farm-subsidies-politicians-who-get-them-_n_783322.html

PBS state by state numbers on farm subsidies
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/310/farm-subsidies.html
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