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Show Hatch blasts farm bill Senator Orrin G. Hatch described the National Farm Bill, passed by the Senate as "probably the most irresponsible ir-responsible piece of legislation legis-lation I've seen the Congress pass since I got here. Every attempt we In the minority made to close the fiscal flood gates was turned down." "Even President Carter's attempt to hold the line on price supports and curtail spending was rejected by the Senate," according to Hatch. "The farmers of this country coun-try and particularly of Utah don't want something for nothing. They just want a reasonable price support so they can stay in business until a better market day comes along. Accordingly, I supported two amendments by Senator Muskie (D -Maine) that would have set the price support for wheat at $2.65 a bushel." The Senator cited the Food Stamp program in the bill which will now give food stamps to anyone who can qualify with an income of up to $10,610 a year. "U the House supports the Senate version of this bill recipients will no longer have to purchase pur-chase the stamps," saidSen-ator saidSen-ator Hatch, "this will leave the people on stamps without with-out any obligation to use any of their own responsibility from the citizens and gives it to the government. This provision of the measure is nothing but a gravy train for every freeloader in America." Ameri-ca." The deletion of the purchase pur-chase requirement for food stamps will cost taxpayers an estimated $2 -billion the first year. |