President George W. Bush had some harsh words for the proposed "Farm Bill" during his speech on the economy Tuesday.

He wants to cut part of the farmer subsidy, for what he calls a "massive and bloated" bill.

The bill would end up costing $300 billion dollars over the next five years, but Bush says he doesn't have a problem vetoing the measure.

Which has one local farmer upset.

James Spinks is working hard to put up a building that will soon hold his farm machinery.

He's made a living off of his corn, soybean, and wheat crops for most of his life... but he's by no means rich.

"Its kind of a hard business to be in to make ends meet, but we are not rich," states Spinks.

The amount of money Spinks makes flys in the face of the "millionaire farmers" President Bush chided in his economy speech.

Spinks says most small farmers don't make much money whenever they sell off their products.

"People including President Bush are looking at what the farmers are getting paid for their commodities. They don't realize that fertilizers are up 3 times what it was a year ago. Seed corn, seed beans, all our expenses are up," says the Oakland resident.

"You have wealth in your land but as far as being cash wealthy,that's usually not the case," says Joanna Coles of the Warren County Agriculture Extension Office.

Coles says farmers incur just as many expenses as the average business.

"They're feeling the effects of transportation costs and fuel costs increasing because that's part of their livelihood," notes Coles.

She says a farm subsidy acts as a "safety net" so there is some stability in farming in case there's a down year.

Farmers wouldn't be the only ones affected if something happened to the "Farm Bill".

"Food stamps are also under the 'Farm Bill', a lot of money goes into that but just to say that the 'Farm Bill' is 'x' number of dollars and it all goes to the farmers, that isn't so," comments Spinks.

As Spinks continues the building process, he says farmers will just have to roll with the attitude of...

"Whatever it is is whatever we get. There's not a whole lot we can do about it," says Spinks.

Lawmakers have been working feverishly to pass a new "Farm Bill" before the current one expires this Friday.