John Doolittle - Abducted By Aliens?
Posted by: Jon Fleischman | 05/16/2008 12:15 AM
When the Club for Growth put out these bullet points about the Farm Bill that just came before Congress, I figured a couple of California Republican Congressmen might vote for it -- but I never thought one of them would be John Doolittle.
ON THE FARM BILL
• Subsidies to millionaire farmers without a hard, meaningful cap on a farmer's qualifying income
• The elimination of key limits on annual commodity payments
• Spending gimmicks that disguise over $10 billion in spending increases
• An increase in subsidy rates despite sky-high crop prices and record farm incomes
• Direct payments for crops that are not based on a farmer's income, crop prices, or any standard of need
• The creation of a new, permanent disaster aid program, creating incentives to grow the wrong crops on bad land in bad weather
• Tax breaks for special interests like race horse owners and timber companies
Check out my lead commentary on the FlashReport today for more of my thoughts on the Farm Bill, and on John Doolittle's startling and disappointing vote in support of it...
ON THE FARM BILL
• Subsidies to millionaire farmers without a hard, meaningful cap on a farmer's qualifying income
• The elimination of key limits on annual commodity payments
• Spending gimmicks that disguise over $10 billion in spending increases
• An increase in subsidy rates despite sky-high crop prices and record farm incomes
• Direct payments for crops that are not based on a farmer's income, crop prices, or any standard of need
• The creation of a new, permanent disaster aid program, creating incentives to grow the wrong crops on bad land in bad weather
• Tax breaks for special interests like race horse owners and timber companies
Check out my lead commentary on the FlashReport today for more of my thoughts on the Farm Bill, and on John Doolittle's startling and disappointing vote in support of it...
Any word yet from Mr. Ose on the position he would take on this bill or upholding the promised Presidential veto?
John
Ose's vote would have been No - Like Tom's votes against Vets.