Record Food Prices and Record Farm Profits, Why Record Farm Subsidies?

To the Point

Record Food Prices and Record Farm Profits, Why Record Farm Subsidies?

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Published on Apr 28, 2008, 11:00:00 AM
Total time: 00:50:58

Episode Description

Increased farm subsidies have made strange bedfellows of environmentalists and the Bush Administration. They agree that that the big federal money goes to big agri-business at the expense of the little guys, not what subsidies were designed to do. Also, the Supreme Court upholds Indiana Voter ID Law, and Reverend Jeremiah Wright goes public…again.

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A monthly reality-check on the issues Americans care about most. Host Warren Olney draws on his decades of experience to explore the people and issues shaping – and disrupting - our world. How did everything change so fast? Where are we headed? The conversations are informal, edgy and always informative. If Warren's asking, you want to know the answer.