Opposing Digits

WASHINGTON - Two-thirds of Americans are overweight, and the government tells them they should eat better.

But it doesn’t put its money where their mouths are.

The government will spend $17 billion subsidizing farmers this year. Rather than focusing on the producers of good-for-you fruits and vegetables — half its subsidies go to grain farmers, whose crops feed animals for meat, milk and eggs and become cheap ingredients in processed food.

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