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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (95374)	11/15/2010 11:53:49 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224862

Some of those tea party advocates are also receiving subsidies. Case in point - the Republican in MO who beat Ike Skelton. Did she vote for those subsidies? Would she vote to eliminate those subsidies? Those are the important questions. If one is a farmer and the other competing farmers take subsidies, then the government policy puts farmers who don't take subsidies at a competitive disadvantage. Thus perpetuating the subsidy cycle. The various subsidies in the business world has the effect of having the government selecting which businesses succeed and which businesses fail. This is the opposite of a free market.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (95374)	11/15/2010 12:47:54 PM
From: tonto	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224862

Are you against democrats receiving subsidies? Many Republicans who swept rural Democrats from office are now confronting the reality of a promise to reduce spending: Should it cover the farm subsidies that have brought money and jobs to their districts — and directly benefited some GOP lawmakers or their families? At least 13 Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee lost on Nov. 2, and most of then helped steer generous farm support back home.