Senator Chambliss is also a RINO...

Saxby Chambliss opposes any cuts to food stamp programs, since the indirect result of food stamps is to put more money in the pockets of farmers who are already struggling.

I'll make a prediction right now. The Republicans are going to get up there one by one, and talk about how important it is to control spending growth (not eliminate programs and duplication between agencies), but each will defend his or her pet projects, as we saw recently from Ted Stevens and his "bridge to nowhere". They will perpetuate the notion that spending more on one program will actually result in less spending on some other program or an increase in tax revenues which will "reimburse" the government for its previous expense. Therefore, no cuts actually need to be made. Instead, we should accelerate short-term spending so that long-term spending (after they are long gone from the Senate) goes down.

Of course, FDR and LBJ tried just that policy, and it failed miserably. Subsidization of industry only generates more of that industry, causing the numbers of producers (farmers in this case) to grow much larger than the free market can support.

He also opposes any reevaluation of the farm bill. Maybe someday, Senator Chambliss will get around to explaining the legality he assumes to take money from my family and give it to another family who chose to farm for a living.

In conclusion, the Senator suggests that we cannot renig on "our promises" (read: vote-buying schemes conducted by Republicans) to farmers. I suppose he would also oppose reniging on promises made to Social Security and Medicare recipients.

The best thing the Senate could do for American farmers would be to repeal NAFTA and CAFTA.