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Watching the candidates traipse across Iowa with the promise of two pickups in every garage to anyone who might vote for them is how we got here.

The whole farm program has destroyed the American middle.

Like all well intentioned programs it started out good. Like busing, like equal opportunity employment, like fair housing, like ADA for the handicapped, like food stamps and section eight, like all sorts of well meaning programs that have unintended consequences we have a farm policy that has become surreal.

This is one program that needs to be full stopped. No more money. Halt. The others need revisiting in implementation. I can think of no compelling reason why any farm program at all should be continued for another day.

It won’t kill off the farmers who shouldn’t be killed off and will kill off the ones who should. Business wise.

A group of think tank types have published a long thoughtful piece regarding this whole issue. It’s worth reading if you care. Even if the whole issue doesn’t matter to you, what should matter is the rebirth of the central plains. That will only come with pain. A great deal of pain. All births do, ask my wife.

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What would happen if all farm programs and subsidies were cut off NOW. NO Option. Sink or Swim. It’s painful but good. We must do this and stop spending billions on this folly.