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To: neolib who wrote (229278)	8/14/2013 1:13:48 AM
From: Sam	Respond to of 544137

It isn't just the direct subsidies, many of them benefit even more from indirect subsidies that won't show up on those web sites. All of those oh so independent Republican farmers in the southwest who live in what used to be called The Great American Desert depend completely on Federal water projects and subsidized water. And of course we all eat the food that they grow (using low paid migrant workers of course). Food that would be much more expensive without that supply. There are dams everywhere in the west, providing water and electricity and preventing flooding--although occasionally also causing flooding. And also wrecking havoc on various fisheries. I wonder how providing federal land for grazing is counted. Or mining on federal land. Or cutting down trees. I don't think these guys pay very much for using it. But then, I suppose that is just another way that they point to the govt being inefficient.