{"id":524,"date":"2007-07-06T16:18:33","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T16:18:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-30T16:03:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T21:03:30","slug":"a-mid-east-peace-for-the-mid-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2007\/07\/06\/a-mid-east-peace-for-the-mid-west\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mid East Peace for the Mid West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huh? Yep. Reducing farm subsidies is a complicated process and the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> gets it right when they compare it to brokering peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict.<\/p>\n<p>We need more brave souls to join those in Congress who are working for farm bill reform. We also need more members of Congress to join the fray. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/trade\/farmbill\/subscribe.htm\">Subscribe<\/a> to the Hunger Program&#8217;s Farm Bill Action Alerts today. Take action with our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/trade\/farmbill\/action.htm\">current alert<\/a> by calling your representative at (800) 826-3688 <strong>and asking him or her to tell House leadership that the status quo is not acceptable, that trade distorting subsidies need to be removed from Title 1 of the Farm Bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal editorial board:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB118368767866758822.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\"><span style=\"color: #003399\">Farming for Dollars<\/span><\/a>.\u201d The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. July 6- \u201cAs Sisyphean tasks go, a reduction in farm subsidies is the domestic version of Arab-Israeli peace. But as Congress writes another five-year farm bill, we\u2019re glad to see that a few brave Members are still willing to give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>. . . And thanks to a surge in land values, the average net worth of a full time farmer is $830,000.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huh? Yep. Reducing farm subsidies is a complicated process and the Wall Street Journal gets it right when they compare it to brokering peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict. 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