I never go to Salon on my own any more, partially because I don't think their content is worth money, and partially because I almost always find the reporting sub-standard. Hm, I guess that's one reason. Anyway, I found this one on Plastic.

If politicians really wanted to help farmers, he argues, they'd eliminate every last dime of assistance from the farm bill's budget and fight harder for free-market reforms.

Farm subsidies are no small part of why Americans are so fat.