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  Subsidies Need a Fix

  Thanks for the article.  However, I would argue with your stated fundamental difference with the farming profession: as far as I can tell, subsidies are not there to protect the nation's food supply, they're there to protect the farmers "way of life".  So the fact that farming is different because it is a necessary supply is not the reason for the subsidies.  If it was, then it would be all about strategic food reserves, not about paying farmers to keep their fields lying unplanted.

  You also neglected what I consider one of the worst outcomes of the subsidy program: public health.  There's a reason there's corn, wheat, and soy in absolutely everything - look where the subsidies go.

  --DavidOn Don't blame farmers for the farm-subsidy mess posted 2 years, 5 months ago 21 Responses