Check out who’s likely to benefit from the 2007 Farm Bill that I list as “first turkey.” The average income of farmers is projected to be over $86,000 this year, and major subsidies — 24% — go to just 1% of wealthy farmers. Even the USDA is saying that the bills aren’t fair to taxpayers.

The energy bills would raise the cost of energy for consumers — for transportation mobility and for fuel. Plus people would be forced into smaller cars, which are less safe than larger cars and result in much higher death and injuries in accidents.

In relation to LOST — I and other people don’t want an international agency to have jurisdiction over the oceans and the waterways that flow into them.

CPSC, in many cases, may actually diminish consumer safety. By raising the costs of many consumer products, consumers may substitute other less safe products. (For example, how much good does a “perfectly safe” ladder do if people can’t afford it and put a chair on a table to replace a light bulb?)

Legislation addressing the subprime issue would make credit much more expensive and difficult to access, with the lower-income but still credit-worthy bearing the brunt of restrictions.

Think all of these positions would help the middle-class, and indeed the poor.