November 19, 2010 10:11AM 

# Quick Link on the Tea Party and Ag Subsidies 

By [Sallie James](https://www.cato.org/people/sallie-james) 

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I wrote last week about [my concerns regarding the fiscal conservatism of tea party candidates when it comes to farm programs](https://www.cato.org/republican-hypocrisy-watch/). Edward Lotterman, writing in the (Minnesota) *Pioneer Press Online*, asks the key question:

> If you campaign on a platform of lower taxes, smaller government, no budget deficits and ending government redistribution of income to small interest groups, how on Earth can you vote for continued spending on federal commodity programs?

Read the whole thing [here](http://www.twincities.com/ci_16642699?source=most_emailed&nclick_check=1).

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