Did he rediscover fiscal responsibility?
Not that President Bush is so great, he definitely isn’t. But I’ll applaud him if he will actually veto this monster:
President George W. Bush will veto the farm bill proposed by congressional agriculture leaders because it exceeds spending guidelines and offers no “real reform,” Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said.
“At a time of record farm income, Congress decided to further increase subsidy rates, qualify more people for taxpayer support and move programs toward more government control,” Schafer told reporters today. “The president will veto this bill.”
Schafer spoke shortly after leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees released details of the legislation at a news conference on Capitol Hill. They said they made compromises to meet Bush’s demands and hoped he would sign the five-year, $296 billion bill.
Tags: Budget, subsidies, The Farm Bill, The Free Market
Related posts
Rogel @ May 8, 2008