Farmer in Chief

The Farmer in Chief and the Socratic seminar following the reading did a lot to enlighten me me upon the subject of our nation's farming practices. I am astounded that the government subsidizes certain foods. I thought our nation was really wise when they realized giving any one state the capital of the nation would give that one state too much power, hence forth we have Washington DC. How could the same Government not realize that subsidizing certain foods would lead to the mass production of that one food? And if they did how could they over look the implications these foods would have on our nations diet? The recent and current United States Government seems to make a lot of these decisions that are 'for the betterment of the people' which lead us to obesity, gross national debt and general disdain from the nations of the world. Why is it that many Americans think that they own the planet? How did ships of people fleeing Europe or other parts of the world from oppression and judgment become the all-oppressive and judgmental capital of the world? Baffling.