Congressional Issues 2006
DOMESTIC CHAOS,
GOVERNMENT STYLE
Agriculture
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The 108th Congress should
- reauthorize the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act
of 1996 (known as the "Freedom to Farm Act"), replacing
deficiency payments with a fixed schedule of decreasing payments that
reach zero in 2008;
- eliminate government crop insurance programs;
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reduce greatly the per farm
subsidy cap as a first step to control the excesses of federal
agriculture subsidies;
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repeal the new crop price
supports included in the 2002 farm law, which are unnecessary add-ons to
existing subsidy mechanisms;
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phase out other crop subsidies,
a process that began under the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act;
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move toward a system of private
insurance and use of other financial instruments to protect farmers
against market and weather fluctuations; and
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eliminate federal controls that
perpetuate producer cartels in markets such as those for milk and sugar.
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