Barack Obama Is A Big, Fat Farm Bill Hypocrite
Last December, Obama blasted the Senate version of the Farm Bill, the vote on which he skipped, saying, ‘Once again the lobbyists stepped in to make sure that big agribusinesses got the multimillion-dollar giveaways that they’ve come to count on.’ But last week, he expressed his support for the final version of the Farm Bill, the vote on which he also skipped, calling it ‘the good’ of which we should not let ‘the perfect’ be the enemy. What changed? According to a spokesman, Obama’s harsh words for the Senate version referred to its ‘failure to cap subsidy payments.’ Here’s the thing: The Senate version of the Farm Bill capped subsidy payments at exactly the same level as the final version of the bill.
And this is the guy North Dakota Democrats endorsed. Personally, I stand firm in my opposition to all ag subsidies but you’d think Obama would at least be honest enough to be consistent on the issue. And maybe hazard a vote or two in the Senate on it.
