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To: Scumbria who wrote (108913)	5/1/2000 4:52:00 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577886

OT One major motivation for subsidizing food production rather than allowing the market to control prices, is that natural events are unpredictable. A drought in California would force production of fruit and vegetables to move to other areas, but this might take years to establish. Are you willing to go without food for several years while the market works it's magic? A drought in California would not cause me to have to go without food for several seconds let alone several years. The food production capacity of the earth is large and widely distributed and would be even without subsides. Tim p.s. Is anyone getting annoyed by these off topic posts? I find them interesting, but I could see how someone came here for information and insight about AMD would not want to spend their time going through the messages. Of course there is always the ignore button..

To: Scumbria who wrote (108913)	5/1/2000 6:47:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1577886

Scumbria, One major motivation for subsidizing food production rather than allowing the market to control prices, is that natural events are unpredictable. That's why a world market that is relatively free would let the places on Earth that were not affected by the natural event step in, and fill in for the deficiency in one area. Are you willing to go without food for several years while the market works it's magic? Have you heard of places like Chile, Argentina, Australia, Ukraine? These countries are willing and able to supply all that the market needs. They just need to be given a chance. Joe