A new farm bill has still not passed. Congress voted for the fifth time to extend the old one, which became law back in 2002. The farm bill is another example of how the democratic majority in the House and Senate are screwing things up.

It appears they want to add $10 BILLION in new spending to this bill. It looks like the total bill will cost about $280 billion.

The folks who run physician-owned hospitals are not too happy with the farm bill, because some of the money may come from them to pay for it. Yes, it looks like farming and hospitals are linked in the new farm bill. Who would do such a thing? According to this article, “…Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has proposed paying for part of the new bill by taking away Medicare funds to doctor-owned hospitals.”

There must not be too many physician-owned hospitals in Montana, maybe two according to this report.

The biggest problem with the Farm bill as I see it, is there are not enough farmers and ranchers or people with Agricultural backgrounds on the House and Senate Ag committees who know what the heck they are doing. It’s the same thing with veterans, as I have blogged about before.

The United States may be heading for a food crisis. We’ve seen the price of food go up significantly along with the cost of fuel. Of course, the democratic leaders in the House and Senate have given everyone today off. Passing a good farm bill and getting control of skyrocketing gas prices have taken a back seat. It’s election year and that’s more important to them.