Politics Gone Sour: Why the Price of Milk Might Soon Double

Date: Dec 21 2012

Filed under: Economy, Family Money, Food, Money and Politics

Milk and Politics- the Dairy Cliff
It’s hard to imagine anything less exciting than the federal government’s farm bill: agriculture isn’t the most interesting topic even under the best of circumstances, and throwing Congress into the mix seems like a recipe for absolute boredom. Still, the farm bill — which was created in 1933 and gets updated every five years or so — affects almost every aspect of America’s food, from crop subsidies to food stamps to disaster relief. For the most part, its updates happen quickly and…

Politics Gone Sour: Why the Price of Milk Might Soon Double originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-12-21T17:00:00Z.

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