Haley Barbour
has joined the list of potential GOP Presidential candidates who are in support of farm subsidies (or payouts to farmers to insure a "bottom" price). It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the hypocrisy in this:Barbour is not alone in straying from free market philosophy when discussing agribusiness. The Republican House budget bill passed last week that cut about $62 billion from current spending levels did not lay a finger on farm spending. Other candidates hinting at runs for the White House, including former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney
and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich
, also support the flow of money to the nation’s farmers.
