For those interested in farm policy, you are welcome to check out my op/ed piece in today's Omaha World-Herald. This column was prompted by comments on the editorial page in Sunday's paper, which highlighted perceived problems with the program relating to non-farm participants. It was based on a previous story in the Washington Post. (Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm By Dan Morgan, Gilbert M. Gaul and Sarah Cohen). (Here is a link to the post story, but I'm not sure it works for everyone:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/AR2006070100962.html?referrer=emailarticle
The editors were good enough to publish my column this morning (page 7B), though I do not believe it is available yet online.
Update: it is available here (registration required):
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=609&u_sid=2209835
Happy Friday.
EAM
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