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Political Factoid

The National Corn Growers Association
is promoting a plan that would make
"the ACRE program* more likely to pay
out
to farmers - and more expensive
to taxpayers."  -- [emphasis added]
 
  
 
Not exactly unbiased lobbying.
 
* Average Crop Revenue Election (from the 2008 Farm Bill)
under which farmers can receive revenue-based payments
as an alternative to receiving price-based payments for
various commodities (grains, etc.)
 
cf.  3095
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