Deep support for farm aid

Deep support for farm aid
Three of the four candidates in the U.S. House race in South Dakota have close ties to federal farm subsidies, even as the issue of growing federal deficits emerges as a central issue in the campaign. The subsidies have been a favorite target of budget hawks who complain they’re pork barrel spending that aid wealthy farmers and distort market prices. But they also have the solid backing of rural …

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