Yes, Congressman, I Do Have a Problem With That

by Robert Higgs

Ho-hum. Members of Congress are busying themselves with their usual dishonest tricks, looting the taxpayers and proudly taking credit for their crimes.

According to USA Today ("Farm Aid Plumps Up Iraq Funding," March 22), House Democrats have loaded the emergency-spending bill for the Iraq war―a crime in its own right―with $3.7 billion in benefits for farm interests that support Democrats. In the minds of these devoted public servants, "supporting the troops" furnishes an apt occasion for enriching peanut, spinach, and milk producers, among others.

Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), who proudly calls himself "the peanut congressman," makes no apologies for allocating $74 million of the taxpayer's money to the glorious cause of paying storage fees for peanut growers. This largess constitutes a suitable payoff, it seems, for the reported $35,750 that peanut interests contributed to Bishop's last campaign.

Rest of article at:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs56.html

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer

You may be correct but how can we trust you when your link is to an opinion blog and not a news source.

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"I will not take the low road to the highest office in the land" - Guess Who? You go it !

Well, no one should really trust anything that they don't personally verify themselves. If you can find any errors in the allegations that the story makes, it's your right to produce and present those errors.

If your research shows that the facts alleged are true and correct, then you know the source is trustworthy.

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer

Well, they are politicians so you can expect them to try to make money while they are in office. After all, it would be a shame no to use all that power and influence for personal gains. They only have a limited time in office so they have tp make as much as they can.

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I did not see this thread, or I would not have made a duplicate post. But my thread has a more neutral link - http://politicalforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=27824 -

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