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Posts tagged as “farm subsidies”

Self-Reliance? Don’t Ask These Subsidized SD Senate Farmers

Friday I listed members of the South Dakota House who receive federal farm subsidies. My list includes only those farmers listed by name and perhaps misses subsidies to various corporations of which legislators may be a part. Now here's the…

Noem Beats Former SD House Colleagues for Farm Subsidies

Eager commenter Jana asks a reasonable question: as our legislators preach austerity and self-reliance, how many of them are benefiting from farm subsidies from Uncle Sam? We all know Subsidy Queen Kristi Noem creams her former colleagues in Pierre in…

Noem Protects Big Farm Subsidies, Axes Elmo

Attagirl, Kristi, taking care of your own.... Congresswoman Kristi Noem's family has made over three million dollars from us taxpayers on farm subsidies over the last fifteen years. Congresswoman Noem is now using her Congressional vote to protect those subsidies…

Make a Stand for Free Market Ranching: Support Tony Dean Grassland!

Mr. Kurtz brings to my attention commentary on another good bill Thune and the Republicans are holding hostage for the sake of more tax cuts for the wealthiest 1%. Well-traveled George Wuerthner at New West observes that S. 3310, the…