(The Washington Times) -- The Washington Times reports that "the top House Democrat on the Agriculture Committee punctured yet another hole in President Obama's $3.6 trillion budget proposal Wednesday, saying the president's plan to save money by reducing farm payments is 'more than dead on arrival.'"
Rep. Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.) "scoffed at a proposal to eliminate direct payments to farmers earning more than $500,000 annually as a misguided idea from "some bean counter over at [the Office of Management and Budget]." Peterson told attendees of a farmers convention that the owner of a 100-cow dairy would likely exceed $500,000 in gross income. See the story at
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/10/democrat-hits-farm-proposal-as-misguided/
