Subsidies are a manipulation of the market. End them now.
The USA is the number 1 subsidised economy in the world - protectionist, tariffs etc
Subsidies are a manipulation of the market. End them now.
make cannabis legal, and my guess is that the corn subsidy problem will solve itself quickly.
Well yeah, it's kind of embarrassing to preach about free market, free trade, etc and heavily manipulating the "free" market at the same time.
Sure.. Nobody will grow corn and the cost of corn will sky rocket.. While the price of pot will drop to nothing.. Is that going to be what is for dinner?? Did anyone see that low calorie bong at Walmart??opcorn2:
Each year, the US government spends several billion dollars subsidizing corn. By some measures, it is the most-heavily subsidized crop in the US. Most of the corn goes into animal feed as a substitute for grass, high fructose corn syrup, or ethanol fuel.
What changes would you make? Would you get rid of them entirely?
Actually they will lose a price floor, non-competitive businesses will have their market share taken by efficient ones, and the price of corn will drop dramatically.Sure.. Nobody will grow corn and the cost of corn will sky rocket..
no vote
I do not know why we have them, there may be a good reason. The people(like me and many other opinionated old fools) should never vote on something like this, few (NotquiteRight for one) have the necessary knowledge, IMO.
And, our Mr Not Quite Right so elegantly posted, there are good reasons for the subsidies...knowledge requires that one gets his hands dirty with the actual experience...
I honestly don't know the answer to this question. Not being as informed as I'd like, I'm not sure if this is just a big agriculture lobbyist bought and paid for hook-up or does it meet a real need that otherwise would result in a food shortage crisis.
At a minimum I think its ridiculous that the taxpayers could be financing diabetes, heart disease, obesity and early death of Americans. Much if not most of the corn produced in America is used to create what some experts say is a very unhealthy sweetener, high fructose corn syrup and high empty calorie corn starch filler, both of which is added to nearly all of the food on the shelves at our grocery stores. Then, conservatives get duped again with slick PR ads on TV that suggest an overreaching government is trying to encroach upon their freedom by simply educating them that their (corporate welfare paid for) soft drinks are unhealthy and the government and especially the Office of the First Lady and the Mayor of New York need to stop "forcing" Americans to eat and drink what they allow. They hilariously forget the fact that every time they have a soda, the "get the government out of our lives" crowd is chugging down an ice cold glass of welfare!
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