Analysis New U.S. farm bill coddles farmers, ignores Canada's plea

Among the many myths Americans entertain about themselves is the belief they're self-made; that any success they might enjoy is in spite, rather than with the help, of government.

As Ronald Reagan once said, to a great chorus of cheers, "government isn't the solution to our problem, government IS the problem."

Nowhere is that notion more fiercely beloved than in the vast spaces between this nation's cities; in gun-toting, Republican-voting, tall-standing, rural America.

It's a delusion, of course. U.S. farmers are practically wards of the American nanny state.
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Softwood, soft all over again!