AEI Report Questions Justification for $10 Billion Farmer Bailout in American Relief Act of 2025
May 19, 2025
May 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSLrpt) -- A new report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), authored by Vincent H. Smith and Barry K. Goodwin, challenges the economic justification for a $10 billion ad hoc assistance program for farmers included in the American Relief Act (ARA), passed by Congress on December 21, 2024. While the ARA primarily addresses natural disaster losses from 2023 and 2024 with $21 billion, an additional $10 billion was allocated under the Emergency Commodity Assistance Prog . . .