Ohio Farm Subsidies 2007
April 30th, 2008 at 7:11 am
April 30th, 2008 at 7:11 am
HT: Club For Growth
The Environmental Working Group has released its Farm Subsidy Database updated with data from last year. Check out who benefits from over $5 billion in farm aid.
Nationally $2 billion went to corn, $1 billion went to wheat, and cotton got half a million dollars. In Ohio, corn is still king at $101 million, but soybeans is second with $38.5 million. In my county $1.7 million of federal subsidy was received for corn. The database lets one drill down to state, county, and finally recipient.
Our tax dollars, not at work.
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April 30th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Yeah, you’d think that right now, with world food prices being their highest in decades, would be the optimal time to push to eliminate farm subsidies (and tariffs on food imports). I doubt it will happen — although McCain seems a bit less beholden to ag interests than most. (Not that he didn’t shill for ethanol in Iowa, of course.)