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The
Heritage Foundation
Farm Bill: The
House of Second Chances
by Amy Payne
June 28, 2013
The farm bill died in the House—but could it live again?
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is reportedly pushing to split
up the old farm bill and take food stamps out of it.
The Heritage Foundation has argued that it didn’t make sense to combine
the bloated food stamp program with farm-related programs in the first
place. It is supposed to be the “farm” bill, after all. And with food
stamp costs doubling under President Obama, it’s a program that
deserves a careful look on its own.
Splitting up the bill is the first step toward reforming both food
stamp and farm spending. In a new paper, Heritage experts Daren Bakst
and Rachel Sheffield write that “The House now has a second chance to
pass a farm bill that benefits taxpayers, farmers, and food stamp
recipients.”
It’s incredibly important, they point out, that the Housedoes not add
costly new programs to existing farm policy, which alreadyimposes major
costs on taxpayers and drives up food prices.
The farm programs have been filled with pork and functions that are
simply unjustified. It’s past time to trim the fat and save taxpayers
money.
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