If these people can get millions of dollars in federal farm subsidies while living in Manhattan, surely I can convince the government to pay me not to grow some crop here in Peabody, Massachusetts.
It’s a typical big government program whose stated purpose has been turned on its head to benefit political cronies. This is the danger of big government.
And one of them includes that famous farmer David Letterman.
related. See the searchable database at the web site http://farm.ewg.org/sites/farmbill2007/
for farm subsidies across the country.