Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 25, 1985

Transcript:

TV: Today a coalition of farm belt Senators proposed a "way-of-life" loan program to shore up the nation's ailing family farms...alarmed by the administration's anti-subsidy rhetoric, bill sponsor Charles Grassley said the way-of-life loans would be used to refinance an important part of America's heritage. Senator, how will you determine whether a farm family is eligible for a way-of-life loan? Well, first they must prove they still make their own cornbread... From scratch?