One more thing on the corn subsidies...

Obviously we're addicted to cheap corn, so we can't just cut the subsidies today.  We need to wean ourselves off of them.  We need a sensible approach toward a more sustainable food policy and system.  Pig factories are dangerous to the local environment and to our society in general.  And we don't want kids and poor people drinking soft drinks and eating cheeseburgers and fries so much.  We want and need less processed foods that are more affordable.

But because of the influence of the farming industry, we can't even begin the conversation politically.  Even Michelle Obama's relatively modest initiatives around healthy eating have come under attack!

We need some real strategic thinking in DC.  On energy, education, food/health, infrastructure.  Concrete, achievable and observable goals for the next 10 years and clear policies for achieving them.  If the current political parties can't do that, then our nation needs another party...