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comment by mk

We really need to have a subsidization conversation in this country.





briandmyers  ·  4130 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just get rid of them! The pain is short-lived, but the benefits keep rolling in year after year.

NZ proved it can be done. Our farmers have prospered, and we are a heavily agricultural nation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy#New_Zeala...

http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/save-farms-end-s...

humanodon  ·  4131 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yup. Too much beef makes kids porky.

kleinbl00  ·  4131 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Straight up. Pretty dumb that you get subsidies for growing tobacco but "potatoes" are considered a "specialty crop."