The Boston Globe

Editorial

Editorial cartoon: Trimming the budget

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Farm prices are high. Farm land is selling at a premium. The family farmer died decades ago. Farmers with millions of dollars of net worth don't need or deserve federal subsidies.

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Oz, ever been to Chino, CA?  They have farms right downtown!  Cattle farms, no dirt, concrete, cattle can't move more than a foot either way.   Dairy farms, too.  HUGE businesses, miles of them.  Amazing, yup, they need subsidizing.  I was always curious if the guys working there were illegal aliens or not.

Hopefully we will see a "Big Oil" cartoon, too.  We actually subsidize them, afterall, they only rack up profits in the BILLIONS each quarter.