| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2002 : 14 May 2002 |
How does President Bush, the free trader, rationalize signing the giant farm subsidy bill?
A. This is a free trade, money for votes.
B. Well, it's almost free--only $160,000,000,000.
C. OK, the cost in international political capital is
rather steep, but it's worthwhile if we can restore the budget
deficit. Then there'll always be a scapegoat.
D. What giant bill? He never believed that beanstalk story.
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