Senators introduce bill to cut crop insurance

The Harvest Price Subsidy Prohibition Act is also supported by a coalition of left- and right-wing groups, including Heritage Action, the R Street Institute, the American Enterprise Institute, FreedomWorks, the National Taxpayers Union, Campaign for Liberty, Taxpayers Protection Alliance, Center for Individual Freedom, Coalition to Reduce Spending, Less Government, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Club for Growth and the Environmental Working Group…

 

…At the briefing, Andrew Moylan of the R Street Institute discounted criticism that the savings on crop insurance are relatively small. Moylan said that if concern about savings is limited to big ticket items such as Medicare and the defense budget, “we will be nihilists.”