CAWG Porker of the Month

J.J. Jackson* | February 28, 2007

From Citizens Against Government Waste:
Rep. Collin Peterson Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) Porker of the Month for his hostility toward agriculture policy reform. Although the primary justification for federal agricultural price supports has always been that they are necessary to protect “small family farmers,” subsidies overwhelmingly go to the biggest farmers and agribusinesses - with the largest 4 percent of farms garnering half of commodity subsidy payments and the largest 10 percent pulling in 73 percent.

President Bush’s 2007 Farm Bill proposal would eliminate subsidy payments to high-income individuals, but even modest reform is too much for Rep. Peterson. With sugar beet producers located in his district, Rep. Peterson is looking out for the “Big Sugar” lobbying machine in Washington that is trying to keep its government subsidies and protect itself from international competition. For supporting corporate welfare and for opposing farm policy reform and free trade in order to protect special interests in his home district, CAGW names Rep. Collin Peterson its February 2007 Porker of the Month. Read more about the Porker of the Month.

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