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"A lively polemic...Kostigen provides a forceful statement of the need to reorganize food and other primary goods production in the U.S." -Kirkus Reviews"The Big Handout is a clear-eyed look at how a maze of government programs, greedy agribusiness lobbyists, and craven politicians have broken our agriculture system and how Americans can fight back for a more equitable, healthier food and farm policy." -Ken Cook, President and Cofounder, Environmental Working Group
Overview
Just reading the word “subsidies” may cause many people’s eyes to glaze over. We don’t think it affects us directly, so we tune out. But it turns out that this complicated-sounding issue has an enormous impact on all of us. The Big Handout is about bad fiscal, environmental, agricultural, water, energy, health, and foreign policies. And it’s a story about just one thing—subsidies.
A subsidy is a grant by the government to a private business that is deemed advantageous to the public. Cotton, wheat, corn, ...