The New York Times > Opinion > Those Illegal Farm Subsidies
This is not going to be popular out here!

Yet the practice of farm subsidies is a huge problem and a very disturbing practice.

However, even with huge subsidies, farmers are regularly "going out of business" here in our county. We are in the midst of a severe drought and many farmers are unable to make a go any more. Here in Wray, there used to be a family farmer on every section. Now, most of those families are gone. The population of our town is aging and the entire town is in a slow decline.

So far we have been unable to bring some light manufacturing jobs to the area. Something is going to have to give.