Group claims Bush farm bill proposal will cost more than leaving 2002 program in place
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released its assessment of the Bush administration's farm bill. The group praised parts of the bill but chided the administration for leaving in place what it considers a traditional farm-program structure.
The interesting thing about the CAGW statement is that it says it would have been cheaper to simply leave the 2002 farm bill in place.
The group said that the administration claims the proposed farm bill is a component of the president's deficit reduction plan and that it spends $10 billion less than was spent over the
previous five years.
"In fact, it spends $5 billion more than would be spent with a simple extension of the 2002 farm bill, the most costly farm bill in history," the group said in a press release this afternoon.
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