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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (183558)2/25/2004 12:30:20 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1574098
 
What the hell is wrong with farm subsidies?

1 - They cost billions of dollars.

So does military hardware......billions upon billions.

2 - Many of them are structured to increase food prices which hurts consumers esp. the poor.


No, they're not.......they are set up to guarantee the farmers a subsistence standard of living. Trust me, no farmer is getting rich off of Uncle Sam.

3 - Like all subsidies they create a situation where resources are less efficiently used.

How is that?

4 - Third world countries are impoverished by food trade barriers and subsidies.

Third world countries are impoverished for lots of reasons and can't afford to buy foor or anything else for that matter on the open market.

ted
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