
Originally Posted by
T-10
Somehow I seriously doubt you have even the slighest concern for the people you defined as poor stiffs. You would thumb your nose up at ANYTHING that threatens fossil fuel company profits because you yourself make money from those stocks.
But I digress, here are some other comment from the link which addresses you above reply -
' The purpose of goverment subsidies in agriculture is to provide a stable and cheap food supply to the people of this country. With out these subsidies the price of food would have as many ups and downs as crude oil. This country spends the least amount of money as a percentage of income on food, than any other country in the entire world. Even though you are not a farmer, you are in fact also recieveing some of this by the cheap food policy our goverment likes to maintain. History has taught us that a well-fed society is much more productive and easier to govern than a hungry one. Take away these subsidies and your price of food will at least double.'
' Fact: The 2006 inflation adjusted price per bushel of corn in 1974 was just over $14 per bushel. We raised plenty of cows and fed alot of people at that price. The sky never fell on us. People just purchased less music CD's, videos, and internet services to pay for their low cost quality meals from the good 'ol USofA corn farmer.
Now subsidized corn prices of $2.00 per bushel have recently increased to $4.00 per bushel (in 2006 dollars). '
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