ABSTRACT
The federal government is expansive and expensive that will become steadily more profligate under President Clinton. There is the Food Distribution program, by which surplus federal commodities are donated. There are Food Stamps, which most everyone is familiar with, as well as the School Breakfast Program, which underwrites breakfasts for school kids. Similar is the National School Lunch Program, Special Milk Program for Children, and Summer Food Service Program for Children. The Defense Department isn't a particularly fruitful goose to be plucked, unless you want money for help in "controlling and eradicating obnoxious plants in rivers, harbors, and allied waters". But the Department of Housing and Urban Development remains a fount of federal subsidies. The Rural Electrification Administration subsidizes electrical coops and telephone utilities. It also offers Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants to promote business, as well as Distant Learning and Medical Link Grants for educational and medical computer networks.
