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2008-11-26 Home Front Economy

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Posted by tipper 2008-11-26 10:16|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Bambi will soon find out that when he gores someone's ox, the ox will turn on him and stomp him to death. Bambi doesn't run the gov't, he just imagines he does. Passing a budget eliminating someone's favorite subsidy will be tough. There's lots of agricultural representation, from Oregon and California all the way to Florida and the Carolinas. So having some boy genius saying we're going to eliminate all these programs from budgetary funding and really getting it done is a long, bumpy path. So, what's likely to happen? Same as always. Spend more and more while the party lasts. Party may be over though as it sounds like some sad economic news coming out of the China piggybank too.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-11-26 10:51|| 2008-11-26 10:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Heh. Kinda serves Iowa right for giving this guy his start.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2008-11-26 12:34|| 2008-11-26 12:34|| Front Page Top

#3 It was interesting to watch the ag subsidy grow from a few million to billions. There have to be a lot of hogs that have gotten fat at that trough. And most of them political donors.

Posted by tipover 2008-11-26 12:39|| 2008-11-26 12:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Wasn't even able to vote present on that one.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-11-26 14:58|| 2008-11-26 14:58|| Front Page Top

#5 I have a soft spot for shameless hypocrites. Especially Chester Arthur-type hypocrites who do the right thing in the tight spot despite a life-time of Wrong.

So if Obama actually gets out the long knives for agricultural subsidies, despite the fact that it will probably wreck my company and kill my job, both of which are funded indirectly from the sea of bullshit government money sloshing about the agricultural business community, he'll have my respect.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-11-26 15:48|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-11-26 15:48|| Front Page Top

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