eated to do. Instead subsidies reached an all time high due to supplemental spending bills. In the early 1990's subsidy payments averaged $9 billion per year. Now the levels are over $20 billion per year. Subsidies create an over production of goods which drive prices lower and created more demand for help. In 1998 market prices for crops dropped drastically and caused Congress to pass a $5.5 billion emergency bill to help farmers, which ultimately cost the taxpayer. These kinds of bill
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