Don Carr of the Environmental Working Group posts a fine summary of nine bogus arguments made in favor of farm subsidies. Among the myths, Carr tackles the assertion often parroted by Congresswoman and farm-welfare queen Kristi Noem that farm subsidies…
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Stephanie Herseth Sandlin caught heck from some of us flaming liberals for her right-tacking Blue Doggery. But is Rep. Kristi Noem now imperiling her base's love by turning into a "Red Dog" Republican? Rep. Noem had a chance Thursday to…
According to the Environmental Working Group, lifetime South Dakota farmer Michael Melius received $53,846 in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2009, all of it for conservation. Mr. Melius thinks he's received enough farm subsidies. He thinks everyone has received enough…
Will Ag Committee Kristi Balk? Back in February, Congresswoman Kristi Noem voted to protect subsidies for rich farmers like herself, opposing a measure that would have restricted the feds from paying more than $250,000 in farm subsidies per year to…
Congresswoman Kristi Noem is determined to use the power we gave her to protect her family's financial interests: Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., told reporters Thursday she's considering a cap on direct payments as well and, like Thune and Johnson, is…
Apparently the local press is going to keep celebrating Congresswoman Kristi Noem by observing arbitrary time periods of her service. We had a surge of articles last month about her first 100 days. Now KELO decides Noem's first four months…
I noted yesterday that the USDA predicts big growth in acres planted to corn. My tomato-minded friend Matt asked about the outlook for his garden (always thinking about tomatoes, perhaps to toss at me during the candidates' forum tonight!). The…
Pop quiz! Suppose you have 23 farmers. Seventeen of them are Republicans. Six of them are Democrats. They've all received federal farm subsidies. Boom—that's all you know. How much farm subsidy money would you guess those six Democrats have received…