New farm bill allocates 80 percent of $1 trillion spending program toward food stamps; $200 million annually toward advertising for Big Ag

Wednesday, February 12, 2014
By Paul Martin

by: Ethan A. Huff
NaturalNews.com
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

The Republican-controlled Congress, with full support from the Democrat-led administration, has passed a monstrosity of a farm bill that allocates hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to fund food stamps and other government welfare programs. It also mandates that $200 million be set aside every year to help promote factory food products grown by the likes of Monsanto.

CBS Evening News recently ran a short segment on the legislation, which one government watchdog correspondent recently referred to as “the ultimate in pork-barrel politics,” highlighting how its nearly $1 trillion in funding will be allocated. Most of it will go toward the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps, while the rest will cover expensive and unjustly distributed subsidies for cash crops and crop insurance.

“The farm bill is a disaster for taxpayers,” stated Tom Schatz from Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-profit organization that keeps an eye on illegitimate government spending, to CBS News. “It’s a boon for the special interests.”

Farm bill needs to be ‘gutted,’ says correspondent

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