THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD
The Wahington Monthly JOURNALISM AWARD FOR JULY 1990 IS PRESENTED TO P.J. O’Rourke Rolling Stone Although farm-family income has exceeded that of the average family for more than 25 years,...
...Here, for example, is the way he sums up the “conservationreserve” program, in which the government makes annual payments to farmers who remove highly erodable land from production: “This is like going into a Dairy Queen and giving the owner money to keep his ice-cream freezers plugged in...
...20009...
...The last farm bill cost $100 billion over five years, and don’t bet on the current one to end up with a smaller price tag...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...What it can’t be is believed...
...The Wahington Monthly JOURNALISM AWARD FOR JULY 1990 IS PRESENTED TO P.J...
...In a wry piece that would be funnier if this weren’t all true, O’Rourke leaves no doubt that the government’s farm program is a monumental mistake...
...Please send nominations to Monthly Journalism Award, 161 I Connecticut Ave...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in September will close October 15...
...NW, Washington, D.C...
...The Monthly Journalism Award is presented each month to the best newspaper, magazine, television, or radio story (or series of stories) on our political system...
...Tko copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...O’Rourke concludes that “farm policy, while complex, can be explained...
...O’Rourke Rolling Stone Although farm-family income has exceeded that of the average family for more than 25 years, and although 60 percent of all price support money goes to farms with gross receipts over $500,000 a year, the federal farm subsidy program continues its staggering largess...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...The winner will be announced in the December issue...
Vol. 22 • October 1990 • No. 9
