Thursday, February 17, 2005

More Bush Budget Woes
posted by Ben

Yahoo! News - Farmers Who Backed Bush Upset With Budget
Some farmers from battleground election states who campaigned and voted for President Bush say they are not happy about proposed cuts in federal farm subsidies and other agriculture programs.

"We wouldn't call it a double-cross or anything like that, but I don't think this is going to sit real well," said Harold Bateson, whose family's grain farm covers 2,300 acres in northwest Ohio near Bowling Green.
Honestly, does anyone actually find this surprising?