[Sosfbay-discuss] Farm Bill

[Fred Duperrault]

Friends,

Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is 
playing money politics with the socialism for the rich Farm Bill.  The 
bill will continue to provide pork for the huge corn, cotton and rice 
farmers and will do little or nothing for the vegetable, fruit and nut 
growers. 

Great amounts of the corn grow will be used to produce ethanol while 
most cotton and rice will be exported. In many cases the subsidized 
exporters will under-sell small struggling farmers in countries that owe 
great debts to the World Bank creditors.  Also, the small family farms, 
in most cases, are beneficial to the environment while the big corporate 
farms are quite harmful to the environment and drive out small farmers 
who can't  compete with the behemoths.  (Another example of  "Ma and Pa 
Capitalism" being canibalized by big corporations in the "free market" 
system.

Oxfam America has urged its listed contributors to call their respective 
House representatives to ask them to  support the "Fairness Amendment," 
H.R. 2419, authored by Rep. Ron Kind (WI Dem.) and Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ 
Repu).  It will reduce trade-distorting, shift funds to feed  hungry and 
minority families and do much to protect the environment.

Much credit should be given to the S.F. Chronicle for today's lead 
editorial that takes Pelosi to task for leading the charge for the 
counter-productive Farm Bill.

Pelosi has also been keeping impeachment off the table for strictly 
political reasons.

Fred D.