Kurt Bills takes aim at Klobuchar, farm bill, govt. subsidies in first debate

[jct74]

Kurt Bills takes aim at Sen. Klobuchar, farm bill, govt. subsidies
by Mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio
August 8, 2012

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — Kurt Bills, the Republican-endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate took aim at Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Tuesday for her support of a farm bill that recently passed the Senate.

During a debate at the FarmFest trade show in southwest Minnesota, Bills said he would not have voted for the farm bill on the grounds that it was too expensive. The bill passed the Senate with bipartisan support.

There were sharp differences on federal farm policy on display Wednesday during the Senate debate, which also included Independence Party candidate Glen Menze.

Bills clearly sought to separate himself from his two opponents in one huge area: government subsidies.

"Get rid of every last stinking subsidy and get rid of the TARP and the bailouts for Washington bankers and the stimulus that goes to corporate CEO's," Bills said. "Get rid of it all."

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http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/08/08/politics/kurt-bills-farmfest-debate/

 

[Danke]

People love their hand outs. All I see are Klobuchar signs and bumper stickers.

 

[trey4sports]

what? why didn't i know there was a debate? Damn, have we just given up on the race?

 

[Keith and stuff]

People love their hand outs. All I see are Klobuchar signs and bumper stickers.

The event is called FarmFest and she is a popular US Senator running on the Farm Party ticket.

 

[jbauer]

The metro areas are all Klobuchar, the rural areas are mostly GOP. He's not going to win any big friends attacking subsides even though its the right thing to do.