Farm bills have had two major pieces. One piece offers subsidies to farmers; the other offers nutritional aid to Americans in distress, mainly in the form of food stamps (these days officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/opinion/krugman-hunger-games-usa.html?_r=0 When subsidies helped many poor farmers, you could defend the whole package as […]