The government continues to take our money and hand it to the dairy industry to overproduce, so we can pay more for milk, and they can take more of our tax money to store the surplus.

"They keep making it and we keep buying it," said Steve Gill, an Agriculture Department official.

No kidding? Give that man a raise for mental acuity.

This kind of outrageousness has been going on for so long that I'm just numb to it, but it's useful to remind ourselves of the stupidy and venality of government policies occasionally, particularly as elections approach. Unfortunately, both parties are guilty.

Actually, his mental acuity may get him fired.

Regrettable data:
Number of bureaucrats in the Federal Department of Agriculture: more than 130,000
Number of farms in America: less than 350,000
(source: The Department of Agriculture)

Like PJ said, take it out behind the barn and kill it with an axe.