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  1. 10-21-2024, 07:34 AM #1
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    In this morning's mail:
    October 20, 2024
    HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

    I had hoped to write tonight about the farm bill, which Eric Hovde, running for the Senate from Wisconsin although it’s not clear he lives there, could not talk about in the debate between him and incumbent senator Tammy Baldwin on Friday. “I’m not an expert on the farm bill because I'm not in the U.S. Senate at this point in time,” Hovde said. “So I can’t opine specifically on all aspects of the farm bill.”
    The farm bill is one of our most important pieces of legislation. It establishes the main agricultural and food policies of the government, covering price supports for farm products, especially corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, dairy, and sugar; crop insurance; conservation programs; and nutritional programs for 41 million low-income Americans, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly known as food stamps. It must pass every five years but has been held up by Republican extremists in the House and is now in limbo. One would think that anyone running for Senate should know it pretty well, especially in Wisconsin, where in 2022 farms produced $16.7 billion in agricultural products.
    Perhaps this is why the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation has endorsed Baldwin, the first Democrat in nearly twenty years to receive their support.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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  2. 10-21-2024, 06:23 PM #2
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    My friends know I turn to Wikipedia for much of my fact checking and personal education. Looking at Tammy Baldwin's page took a while - there is just an amazing amount of information submitted regarding her political background and actions. If there's a Progressive label to be applied - it would be under a picture of her.

    Having said the above, I don't agree fully with Ms. Baldwin. Yet I can readily understand how and why she handles political issues the way she does. I'm impressed that so many of her constituents support her. That fact overrides my personal concerns about her. People my age would say such a person, "Walks the walk." For me, that saying describes her.

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