The USDA
Civics 101
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The Farm Bill Is a Thrilling Bill of Rights
The farm bill is a thousand pages of small print. Each programme has detailed requirements, its own set of lobbies and constituents. In 20 21, agriculture related corporations spent a hundred and eight mill n dollars on lobbyists. The benefit to the politicians is also staggering. For example, in 20 19, representative mike conoway, he headed the house committee on agriculture, received 850 thousand dollars in contributions from businesses. And thus ends this episode's short aside on lobbying, which should never be far from any topic we discuss.
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