I agree, let’s make that clear to start with. Bush is a brave man taking it on.

But when is someone going to point to the consequences of this law - f’rinstance…

The measurement of US aid to poor countries is effectively based upon retail purchase and shipping cost rather than true cost. In other words, wheat sells at $x plus $y government subsidy, plus $t freight equals quite a large bit of money. True cost of producing the wheat - quite a large amount less. But then the corporate farmers would not be growing wheat if it were not for the subsidies, hmmm?

It is probably the biggest pork pipeline the government has - who would dare check on the beneficiaries of all of the good money spent on aid to the poor?

But the saddest thing of all that comes to my mind is that Bush can afford to propose this. He knows full well that a $10 bill would last three times longer in Hell than will his idea in Congress…