Luetkemeyer Op-Ed: It’s Time for the Government to Get Out of the Direct Lending Business
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following op-ed by Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ranking Member on the House Small Business Committee and Consumer Protection & Financial Institutions Subcommittee appeared on CNBC.com this morning. “In the 1970s, an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture agency made thousands of direct loans for the purchase of farmland. The easy…