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...brewers like Heineken and Grolsch. Money even flows to tobacco giant Philip Morris, the oil behemoth Shell and even the airline Air France-KLM. British sugar giant Tate & Lyle alone received more than $443 million over a two-year period. TIME has recently chronicled similar patterns in U.S. farm subsidies...
...Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel - who herself owns three farms in Denmark - says the proposed changes would redirect farm aid to those who really need it. They slash subsidies above $147,000 by 10%, above $296,000 by 20% and above $443,000 by 45%. "We need to look at whether we need to adjust the CAP for an E.U. of 27 countries and a rapidly changing world," Fischer Boel said. "The changes I propose will make a real difference for farmers, consumers and taxpayers...
...Commission officials say farm aid is not just about handouts for food production, but about preserving Europe's rural heritage. In recent years, aid has prioritized environmental and tourist activities linked to protecting rural areas against extreme weather and climate change. Fischer Boel's proposals aim to go even further in that direction...
...bloat was for them; last week, they cheered when Congress overrode President Bush's veto of a pork-stuffed smorgasbord of Army Corps of Engineers water projects because it included a few projects for the Everglades. Next time you hear a green group complain that America's farm policies and water resources policies are degrading America's natural treasures - the Gulf of Mexico, the Chesapeake Bay, the Colorado River, the Everglades - ask whether that group was on the side of reform, or whether it sold out their larger cause for a few projects it could brag about to donors...
...farm bill is on hold, because Senate Republicans are more deeply committed to irresponsible partisan politics than irresponsible bipartisan policies. In Washington, this passes for good government...