President Obama visited Iowa yesterday, and took the opportunity to remind everyone, especially agricultural swing state voters, that Congress, or as Obama would prefer it, the “Ryan Congress” (who’s this John Boehner guy you speak of?) can’t decide whether they want to undermine farmers through legislation, or through inaction. This was both disingenuous (what, campaign talk that isn’t 100% true? Outrage!) and important. Because the Farm Bill is the most important omnibus piece of social engineering that Congress has debated since the Affordable Care Act, and everybody there is getting it all wrong. Of course, we quite promptly shifted our attention on to the very important things, like Joe Biden saying “y’all” and the Romney campaign crying slander. Continue reading “Ryan’s Selection Puts Farm Bill Front and Center, for a Minute.”