CashCowMoo, Should the United States Cut Its Farm Subsidies? .. this excerpt is from about 3/4 down .. under July 24, 2007
You don't need to take my word for it. Bob's arguments are refuted every day by the experience of Australia and New Zealand. These two advanced economies have largely dismantled their farm programs. Whereas U.S. farmers receive 16 percent of their income from government support (according to the OECD), the comparable figure in Australia is 5 percent and in New Zealand 3 percent.
None of the fears that Bob raises has come true in either of those countries. Their citizens have suffered no disruption or shortages in food supplies. Their farmers have realized impressive efficiency gains and now produce competitively for global markets rather than for the government. Sensitive lands have been freed for reforestation and other conservation uses
You people should be out cherry-picking in the real world. Take undocumented immigrants/refugee jobs back for America! Clean toilets if it bothers you to be outside. !
Dummy/ingrate, much of Appalachia, the deep South And the Great Plains would starve without SNAP benefits and without the redistribution of tax revenue from the GDP dominant Blue States.
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