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Record Food Prices and Record Farm Profits, Why Record Farm Subsidies?
Increased farm subsidies have made strange bedfellows of environmentalists and the Bush Administration. They agree that that the big federal money goes to big agri-business at the expense of the little guys, not what subsidies were designed to do. Also, the Supreme Court upholds Indiana Voter ID Law, and Reverend Jeremiah Wright goes public…again.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenFood prices are setting records and so are the profits of farmers, so why is Congress at work on a farm bill with more subsidies than ever before? Even Iowa Senator Tom Harkin calls it "free money." Will the rich be getting richer at the expense of the environment, small farmers and American consumers? Also, the Supreme Court upholds Indiana Voter ID Law, and Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club today: on patriotism, Louis Farrakhan and Barack Obama.
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3 storiesSupreme Court Upholds Indiana Voter ID Law
A week before Indiana's presidential primaries, the US Supreme Court today upheld that state's law requiring photo identification when voters go to the polls. David Stout reports for the New York Times .
Read the story6 minIncome and Federal Subsidies Up for US Farmers
Increased farm subsidies have made strange bedfellows of environmentalists and the Bush Administration. They agree that that the big federal money goes to big agri-business, at the expense of the little guys, not what subsidies were designed to do.
Read the story33 minRev. Jeremiah Wright Speaks Out
After days of silence, except for sound bites from past sermons, Barack Obama 's pastor has been going public. Friday, he appeared on Bill Moyers' public television show. Last night, he addressed the NAACP . And today, he got some tough questionsafter a speech to the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
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