Doug Ose needs a towel to wipe the egg off of his face after the following commentary was posted on the Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Bee Writes:

Retail food prices have climbed more than 4 percent in the last year, and a similar hike is projected for next year. Riots have broken out in developing countries over food shortages. Schools are being forced to change their lunch menus.

Doug Ose got $604,000 in direct money he voted to give himself while a member of the House Agricultural Committee – this does not include:

1.) Money paid to NOT FARM land he or his family owned
2.) Earmarks he voted for that his family could have benefitted from
3.) Influence he may have used to assist in making his / his families’ land more valuable.
4.) The effects of price supports
5.) Subsidies before 1995 and since 2002 that Ose received

The Bee Continued on “Some consumers, reacting to a rise in the price of rice, have made a run on stores – prompting Costco, Sam’s Club and other retailers to limit how many bags they sell to individuals.”

Since Congress limited Farm Subsidies in the wake of large companies, billionaires and Congressman getting subsidies… we can assume based on the past that FY 2005 forward that Ose raked in the $300,000 limit each of those years.

While Riots are breaking out in third world countries – you have to ask yourself…

What does the Sacramento Bee know about farm subsidies that they didn’t write?

What could all those millions of dollars that Ose and his family received from the government been better used for?

Tough as Nails means doing the right thing – “Instead of Making Accomodations to be Part of the Club”... how about forgoing this gravy train so the money can be allocated elsewhere. (Start with not shrinking our tax cuts)

The Bee Concludes – “Will Congress ever reform the farm bill? Possibly, but not while powerful commodity interests have a lock on leaders of both parties, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Until that changes, Amercians will continue to pay twice for their food – once at the grocery store and once in their federal tax returns.”

We do know this – Ose was part of that problem, with his earmarks and self-serving votes for Farm Subsidies.