Many Congressional
Republicans are in an awkward spot now. They would like to pass a clean
continuing resolution to fund government, declare that "we tried to delay
Obamacare, but we couldn't," and put this shutdown behind them.
But there's also a
feeling that they don't want to leave empty-handed — that they can't have gone
through all of this for nothing.
So, here are some
things they can ask for that have the virtues of being (a) possibly attainable,
(b) good policy and (c) potentially political winners:
Kill the sugar program
President Obama has been a big advocate of the farm bill
that includes the least defensible bit of corporate welfare in federal law: the
sugar program.
This program drives up the price of food, kills U.S. jobs
and puts taxpayer money at risk just to protect the profits of a few
well-connected companies and some growers who work for them. Let Obama defend
this. …To Read More….
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