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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (108716)5/1/2000 9:45:00 PM
From: kash johal  Read Replies (2) of 1579131
 
TW,

re:"Historically must subsidies have INCREASED food prices.
Eliminateing subsides, in particular price supports, would lower food prices. A free market, results in more freedom, more economic efficancy, more overall wealth, AND is often better for the poor as well. If we are going to do anything
to help the poor, then it should be done in the least economicly distorting way. Private charity, or public aid like food stamps is better then manipulating the whole market to bring down prices, and remember most government intervention in agriculture increases prices."

You sound like a real believer in the true free market for political and philiosophical reasons.

If you look at history, it is pretty clear that the "free market" needs controls or it runs roughshod over individual peoples rights.

And there are also strategic reasons for a country to want to control its means of food manufacturing or military manufacturing or power generation or education services etc.

If your argument is that subsidies are inefficent then i would tend to agree with you.

The most efficent form of government is a dictatorship.

Just look at all the money we would save if we got rid of all the politicians.

Hell we could save some more my having all the prisoners do hard labour.

And then we could force all the unemployed folks to do work too - gee that would save bug bucks too.

And kids don't learn anything much in school - why not have the ones (over 12-13 or so) who don't make the grade and have no chance - get kicked out and start working for a living.

Hell i'm sure i can some up with a whole bunch more original ideas if i had to.

Kash
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