Yeah, I can't understand how a can of Italian tomatoes can be cheaper at the
local supermarket than tomatoes grown and canned 200km away ! Technology ?
Wage costs ? Subsidies ?
...Wayne
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> Pigs feeding at the trough. Farm subsidies should be abolished,
everywhere.
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> On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
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> > Also, it is interesting to study how certain funds are accounted.
> > Let's take agriculture as an example. Few people realize that the "food
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> > program (SNAP) is part of the Farm Bill. What happens is essentially
> > the government buys the food from the farmers and gives it to the needy.
> > Although the recipient of the food is in, say, New York, it appears as
> > though Iowa is getting the money on this distribution map. Granted,
> > there are a lot of other dollars flowing to farmers, but I really
> > doubt that you would want to see what would happen to our national
> > security if our food source wasn't regulated and managed. There are
> > many examples like this where the recipient states appear to be heavy
> > drains, but those numbers may also include medicaid, social security,
> > military, VA and other significant budget items.
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