Posted 11/13/2013 11:47 (#3441921 - in reply to #3441880) Subject: RE: It isn't the USDA per se
Death comes to us all. Life's but a walking shadow
The USDA and all its bureaucracy will live on but effective farm programs may not. The only reason programs like crop insurance survive the radical right is a coalition of farm state and urban liberal senators. Urban politicians understand that you can't have a situation where 20-40% of the population doesn't have access to food and are willing to spend some tax money to make sure there is plenty of it produced.
If "nutrition" was removed from farm bill how many here think
