Bill Gates as Illini Farmer

Dennis Byrne on the coming Farm Bill which he suggests Bush veto.

Crain's Chicago Business reported July 2 that [Bill] Gates has spent $14 million buying Illinois farmland since 2006. Gates also owns 20 percent of California-based Pacific Ethanol Inc., the holder of almost $65 million worth of American farmland. Gates, the publication said, was positioning himself to benefit from the boom in ethanol, which is made from corn, soybeans and other biomass generated down on the farm.

And while he hasn't posted it yet, by sig other hear Samuelson Sez suggest Congress take next year off without pay since they've managed to accomplish absolutely nothing to date.