Old McDonald had some pork?

I think it is time to start ending some of the unnecessary give-aways that are costing the U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars. As it says in this story, the subsidies to farmers are outrageous and has no effect on our food supply. In fact, most of the subsidies are paid for farmers not to grow crops. I read that a Chicago basketball player bought a farm in IL which had a subsidy for over $100,000 for not growing the corn for which he had an allotment. He had no intention of growing the crop anyway, but still collects the $$$ from the government. More pork that is threw to a select group of people to buy votes.