I have expressed opposition to the so-called "farm bill" (it should more properly be called the "millionaires agri-business" welfare bill) every time it comes up for reauthorization in anything resembling the current form. (The last time as 2002).
It is the largest "corporate welfare" program in the country. Even with the new income restrictions that the Dems forced into this year's bill, the bulk of the subsidies still go to agri-business and "hobby" farmers (like Ted Turner and David Rockefeller)...just marginally less than previous recent farm bills.
But it has always been as much a regional issue as it is a partisan issue. So, if it will pass with a veto-proof majority, I applaud Pelosi for at least forcing the inclusion of new income restrictions (as weak as they are) and more funding for urban working poor in the form of Dept of Agr. food stamp and child nutrition program increases.
So yeah, I support the veto. We can find other means of upping the support programs for those who really need it....small family farmers and urban and rural poor.
added:
ace...where was the Bush veto of the $200+ billion farm bill in 2002, when there was a Republican majority in Congress?
President Signs Farm Bill
IMO, that one should have been vetoed as well.