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Eva De Luna-Castro <eva.deluna.castro@cpa.state.tx.us> wrote:

: Actually it is interesting to note that while writing the article
: I quoted from in an earlier post, about federal water subsidies, the
: author tried to contact legislators who support these for farmers 
: who use them to grow surplus subsidized crops.  again, from the 
: August 95 issue of Atlantic Monthly, "During a phone interview
: with [Republican] Congressman Bill Thomas, of California, whose 
: Central Valley district includes major cotton producers, I broached
: the subject of the double dip.  Angrily he cut off my question,
: asserting--incorrectly--that cotton is not commonly a surplus crop.
: He curtly added--again incorrectly--that farmers are required by law
: to pay full cost for federal water.  He ignored my follow-up questions
: and then abruptly ended the conversation."  

So are you arguing that it _wasn't_ the Democratically controlled legislature of 
the last 40 years which was responsible for these subsidies -- or that the 
"Republican" Congresscritter from the Central Valley of CA is a jerk?

On the first part you are simply _wrong_...  On the second part: are you really 
willing to take some journalists word for it?  Without even checking with the 
Congresscritter directly?  What if he had said that Bill Thomas had been 
extremely polite and helpful -- but still supported the subsidies?  What if the 
Congresscritter had been Barbara Boxer (who is a _very_ liberal Democrat)?  
Would that have mattered?

Who gives a flying monkey's rump which party they are from?  If the policy is 
wrong -- let's vote in people who will reverse it!

(BTW, the above statement is _not_ to be mis-construed as my support for 
removing price subsidies or federally supported irrigation -- I simply refuse to 
base such a _serious_ (!) decision on the relatively limited set of facts 
provided in this forum.)

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