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To: Lane3 who wrote (214450)8/4/2007 9:19:06 AM
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There is another cost to programs like this that I don't think has a name. We would be better off by some finite amount if instead of spending the money on the farm subsidy program, we just ground up that money and burned it.

It's like "investing" $100 in order to become $200 poorer. In this case you would be $100 richer if you took a $100 bill and lit a cigar with it. Would you call that a negative investment?
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