Draining the swamp?

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For example, in 2004 alone, the producers of crops grown in the United States received government subsidies totaling about $8 billion. That’s almost enough to fund the entire United States Marine Corps for half a year. Despite no demonstrable reason for it, other than to benefit a small number of businessmen and elected officials, the producers of rice in this country receive an average of $1 billion annually in government subsidies, more than the cost of an aircraft carrier. And a couple of years ago, the Congress allocated several hundred million dollars to the construction of a bridge from Ketchican, Alaska (population 9,000), to its airport on Gravina Island (population 50).

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